[bootsplash] partial install debian sarge/sid 2.6.8.1 kernel

[Darius <dr...@in...>]

I am having a problem with installing the bootsplash packages on a
sarge/sid box.  I have patched the kernel with a 2.6.8.1 patch and all
options are built in to the kernel and not modules. This is the output
=66rom aptitude ( similar to apt-get output as I have tried about 12 times
now):
 Selecting previously deselected package bootsplash.
 Unpacking bootsplash (from .../bootsplash_3.1-6_i386.deb) ...
 Selecting previously deselected package sysv-rc-bootsplash.
 Unpacking sysv-rc-bootsplash (from
 .../sysv-rc-bootsplash_1.0.0-4_i386.deb) ...
 Setting up sysv-rc-bootsplash (1.0.0-4) ...
 Testing if patches apply cleanly...
 Patching files...
 patching file /etc/init.d/rcS
 patching file /etc/init.d/rc

 Setting up bootsplash-theme-newlinux (0.1-1) ...
 Setting up bootsplash (3.1-6) ...
 Building bootsplash initrd image...
 /etc/bootsplash/themes/current/config/bootsplash-1024x768.cfg: No such
 file or d irectory
 dpkg: error processing bootsplash (--configure):
  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   bootsplash
   E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
   Ack!  Something bad happened while installing packages.  Trying to
   recover:
   Setting up bootsplash (3.1-6) ...
   Building bootsplash initrd image...
   /etc/bootsplash/themes/current/config/bootsplash-1024x768.cfg: No
   such file or d irectory
   dpkg: error processing bootsplash (--configure):
    subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
    Errors were encountered while processing:
     bootsplash

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 I have tried dpkg-reconfigure bootsplash  as well as dpkg --purge
 bootsplash/-themes-newlinux as well as --purge on sysv-rc4-bootsplash
 and always get errors.
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 otis:/home/darius# dpkg-reconfigure bootsplash
 /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: bootsplash is broken or not fully installed
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 otis:/home/darius# dpkg --purge bootsplash-theme-newlinux
 (Reading database ... 197436 files and directories currently
 installed.)
 Removing bootsplash-theme-newlinux ...
 Deleting orphaned files under /etc/bootsplash/themes/newlinux ...
 Purging configuration files for bootsplash-theme-newlinux ...
 dpkg - warning: while removing bootsplash-theme-newlinux, directory
 `/etc/bootsplash/themes' not empty so not removed.
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 otis:/home/darius# dpkg --purge bootsplash
 (Reading database ... 197412 files and directories currently
 installed.)
 Removing bootsplash ...
 update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/bootsplash exists during rc.d purge
 (continuing)
 Purging configuration files for bootsplash ...
 dpkg - warning: while removing bootsplash, directory `/etc/bootsplash'
 not empty so not removed.
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 Now here's the strange part with or without changing
 /boot/grub/menu.1st, I actually get a framebuffer image and such, the
 default tux and the antialiased fonts.  I just can't use apt-get to
 install the themes, adn I always have the error:
 /etc/bootsplash/themes/current/config/bootsplash-1024x768.cfg : No such
 file or directory.
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 I can't successfully use splash to change themes and I obviously can't
 remove and reinstall the package.  Here is the output from dmesg:
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 darius@otis:~$ dmesg |grep vesa
 vesafb: framebuffer at 0xe8000000, mapped to 0xe0806000, size 3072k
 vesafb: mode is 1024x768x16, linelength=3D2048, pages=3D0
 vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:c4a0
 vesafb: scrolling: redraw
 vesafb: directcolor: size=3D0:5:6:5, shift=3D0:11:5:0
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 If anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated.
 Thanks,=20
 Darius