Re: bootsplash integration

[Eric Piel <Eric.Piel@tremplin-utc.net>]

08/11/2006 05:39 PM, Steve Barnhart wrote/a écrit:
> I am aware of Splashy and it does seem rather nice, but I also am for
> several alternatives and Bootsplash has been around for a long time
> and gensplash continues to enhance it. SuSE has used bootsplash
> forever and mandrake does also I believe. It would be nice to finally
> have one of those actually integrated into the kernel since the
> technology and patches to do so are already there. It requires less
> work out of people like me ha and would be a nice feature addition in
> addition to good alternatives like splashy.
> 

The kernel only incorporates what is _really_ necessary. A jpeg decoder 
and a progress bar manager would never become part of the kernel! 
splashy proves that this kind of feature are absolutely not necessary in 
the kernel as it's feasible in the user-space. Move to splashy, it'll 
require you less work than patching your kernel ;-)

I just wonder if one can also put background pictures on the TTY only 
from user-space...

See you,
Eric