[arch-general] fbsplash fails to start after pacman -Syu

[Madhurya Kakati]

On Wed 06 Jul 2011 09:08:10 PM IST, Yaro Kasear wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 05, 2011 09:31:56 PM Madhurya Kakati wrote:
>> Hi,
>> After a recent system upgrade fbsplash fails to run during boot. However
>> while shutting down i can see the splash. Its only during the start up
>> that I can't see it.
>> This is the /var/log/boot some days before the upgrade
>> http://pastebin.com/EbdYYb32
>> and this is the log after the upgrade http://pastebin.com/MkxLbRsT
>>
>> Please notice the
>> "/etc/rc.d/functions.d/fbsplash-extras.sh: line 780:
>> /lib/splash/cache/steps_sysinit: No such file or directory"
>> and
>> "/etc/rc.d/functions.d/fbsplash-extras.sh: line 795:
>> /lib/splash/cache/steps_sysinit: No such file or directory"
>> and
>> "/etc/rc.d/functions.d/fbsplash-extras.sh: line 796:
>> /lib/splash/cache/steps_bootup: No such file or directory"
>> errors that occur during boot(after upgrade). These didn't occur before.
>> Also after booting i did ls in the /lib/splash/cache dir and found that
>> the files are already there in the dir.
>> Thanks.
> 
> When is the last time, as root, you ran mkinitcpio on your kernel?

the second log that i pasted(after the upgrade), I ran mkinitpcio and 
rebooted before posting it.