Bootsplash?

[Jeremy Katz]

On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 01:25 +0100, Andreas Bierfert wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:26:25 +0000
> Richard Hughes <hughsient at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Even displaying a static bitmap (a-la-windows 98) would be better than
> > the black we have now. Not sure if that makes it simpler.
> 
> I did some work on splashy a while back because I don't like rhgb and it is
> way faster. I wanted to submit it to extras but never found the time to
> actually submit it... if this is actually something people want and would like
> to have I am more then willing to wipe my spec into shape :)

It looks like splashy uses directfb which then requires fbdev.  fbdev +
accelerated X servers often ends up being a recipe for things to break
in odd and "exciting" ways :-/

Jeremy