text vs. graphical boot

[Michael K. Johnson]

On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 10:00:21PM -0400, Jim - 815 beta wrote:
> Michael K. Johnson wrote:
> >If we do a graphical kernel splash, it's got to be as decent code
> >that stands a good chance of acceptance upstream.  As I mentioned
> >before, that doesn't include grovelling through memory looking for
> >something that resembles a JPEG file.
>
> I'd like to see some sort of process messages going on with the boot. 
> Even just having a process name showing on the graphical boot would cue 
> people better into if the system is locked or proceeding normally.

Sorry, we're talking about different things here.  I'm talking about
kernel messages before init is started.  You are talking about messages
AFTER init starts.

michaelkjohnson

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