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On 7/7/07, Michal Januszewski <spock@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 01:06:07AM +0300, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: |
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> > I think we should have user space splash... As fbsplash does not work |
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> splashutils is a _userspace_ splash. fbsplash isn't, but then it only |
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> provides the "verbose" mode (background pictures on system consoles) and |
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> there is no way of doing that in userspace (other than implementing the |
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> whole console system in userspace, which has indeed been proposed and |
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> might get done one day). |
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I think what important to user is the silent mode where graphical |
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progress can be shown. |
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Maybe run X or something simpler? |
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> > with all video cards and last time I checked the whole framebuffer in |
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> Which fb driver doesn't it work with? |
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i915, even if splash gets working X does not. |
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A lot of issues there. |
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Best Regards, |
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Alon Bar-Lev. |
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