From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261222AbVDIA6o (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Apr 2005 20:58:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261223AbVDIA6o (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Apr 2005 20:58:44 -0400 Received: from [83.246.78.200] ([83.246.78.200]:56774 "EHLO srvh02.vc-server.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261222AbVDIA6n convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Apr 2005 20:58:43 -0400 Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 01:00:47 +0000 From: Dennis Heuer Subject: Re: A way to smoothly overgive graphics control to an other process/program To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <1112995965l.18701l.3l@Foo> In-Reply-To: (from mru@inprovide.com on Sat Apr 9 00:44:53 2005) X-Mailer: Balsa 2.2.5 Message-Id: <1113008447l.495l.0l@Foo> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; Format=Flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - srvh02.vc-server.de X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - triple-media.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Is this technically feasible? > > It's technically pointless. Take a look at bootsplash, though. > > -- > Måns Rullgård > mru@inprovide.com Bootsplash does exactly what I was complaining about. It controls only some part of the process of *booting* into the desktop without smooth transition (though it's at least a nice toy). The rest of your answer hits me but doesn't help me a little. Sorry if I am a pointless non-geek. Dennis