init observations

[Keith Sharp]

On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 16:23 -0500, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> On 11/15/05, Dimi Paun <dimi at lattica.com> wrote:
> > Basically, can we have X up in 10s? :)
> 
> I still don't understand exactly why this is the important goal.
> Explain to me why the 10second to X goal on "reboot" is more important
> than getting a robust suspend/hibernate working that doesn't require a
> full boot up process at all? I can see why the fist 4 items in Luke's
> list are technical wins for a less grotesque init process... but i
> still don't get why getting to a login screen in under 10 seconds on a
> full boot is noteworthy or highly desirable compared to a
> suspend/hibernate that actually works across desktops and laptop
> hardware.

I agree.  I have recently installed Rawhide on my laptop (IBM T40) and
got gnome-power-manager with suspend to disk working (the only problem
was the non-support for swap partitions identified by label, already in
bugzilla but I can't remember the number) and it is superb.  I now plan
on pretty much never rebooting again.

Kudos to all those who worked so hard to make the bits join up - kernel,
hal, dbus, g-p-m!

Keith.