Added checking for framebuffer device and redirected error messages to stderr

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index 02725a191ae8..07c80acf0d95 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Generated by mksrcinfo v8
-# Thu May 18 18:24:08 UTC 2017
+# Thu May 18 18:28:00 UTC 2017
 pkgbase = mkinitcpio-fbsplash
 	pkgdesc = Tools to include a framebuffer based boot splash within the initcpio
 	pkgver = 1.0.1
diff --git a/fbsplash.hook b/fbsplash.hook
index abd1c7f6a276..a33d2f05d950 100644
--- a/fbsplash.hook
+++ b/fbsplash.hook
@@ -2,12 +2,17 @@
 
 # Copies the splash image into the framebuffer device
 run_hook() {
+    local FBDEV="/dev/fb0"
     local SPLASH_IMAGE="/etc/splash.fb"
 
-    if [ -f "${SPLASH_IMAGE}" ]; then
-        dd if=${SPLASH_IMAGE} of=/dev/fb0 2> /dev/null
+    if [ -c "${FBDEV}" ]; then
+        if [ -f "${SPLASH_IMAGE}" ]; then
+            dd if="${SPLASH_IMAGE}" of="${FBDEV}" 2> /dev/null
+        else
+            echo "Cannot find ${SPLASH_IMAGE}." >&2
+            echo "Did you include it in the \"FILES=...\" of your /etc/mkinitcpio.conf?" >&2
+        fi
     else
-        echo "Cannot find ${SPLASH_IMAGE}."
-        echo "Did you include it in the \"FILES=...\" of your /etc/mkinitcpio.conf?"
+        echo "Framebuffer device \"${FBDEV}\" is not present." >&2
     fi
 }