Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: why --noclear not set on tty1 in default /etc/inittab?
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2015 21:46:58
Message-Id: 20150808224622.01dccb3b@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: why --noclear not set on tty1 in default /etc/inittab? by "Jc García"
1 On Sat, 8 Aug 2015 12:21:12 -0600, Jc García wrote:
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3 > > Gentoo doesn't hide it, it merely clears the screen once the boot has
4 > > completed successfully. If the boot halts, you can see where and,
5 > > usually, why it stopped. Try that with openUbundora.
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7 > Most splash screens I've seen, can change back to the init boot log by
8 > pressing Tab or Alt+Tab(One of those), this has worked for me across
9 > 'openUbundora'.
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11 Yes you can, Esc also works, but how many of their target uses know that?
12 All they see is a pretty splash screen and nothing happening. Having
13 discovered that Linux doesn't work, they scurry back to Windows.
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17 Neil Bothwick
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19 Women live longer than men because they have so many clothes that they
20 wouldn't be caught dead in.