Add initramfs error message when charging-sdl fails to run

There are devices where charging-sdl/directfb fails (https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/osk-sdl/issues/77).

It's nicer to give an error message than display "Loading..." forever.

Tested on my Sony Xperia Z1 Compact (amami).

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By Marti Raudsepp on 2018-08-05T15:45:13

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By Marti Raudsepp on 2018-08-05T15:45:21

I also documented the troubleshooting steps at https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Troubleshooting#CHARGING_MODE:_error_starting_charging-sdl

By Marti Raudsepp on 2018-08-06T09:01:06

mentioned in commit wiki@b43401c7

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By Marti Raudsepp on 2018-08-05T20:06:38

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By Marti Raudsepp on 2018-08-05T20:18:34

Looks okay to me, not sure about the CHARGING MODE header though

By Craig Tatlor on 2018-08-07T16:09:16

I agree with @opendata26, I think changing that to "Charging indicator" might be clearer for those that encounter this error. Especially since the phone should still be charging, it's just the indicator that doesn't work.

By Martijn Braam on 2018-08-07T17:40:46

Huh, replace "CHARGING MODE" with "Charging indicator"? So it would look like:

Charging indicator

error starting charging-sdl

https://postmarketos.org/troubleshooting

Sorry, makes no sense to me...

By Marti Raudsepp on 2018-08-07T19:10:17

@MartijnBraam Did you mean it like this?

CHARGING MODE

Error starting charging indicator

By Marti Raudsepp on 2018-08-07T20:04:42

Yeah I think that your original error is more clear, disregard my previous comment. It would be slightly neater if the splash generator could render an actual heading instead of uppercasing the first line but that's out of scope for this issue.

Maybe this is even better?:

CHARGING INDICATOR

Error starting charging-sdl

By Martijn Braam on 2018-08-08T20:13:47

approved this merge request

By Martijn Braam on 2018-08-08T20:12:18