Re: The new X-Kernel !

[Oden Eriksson <oden.eriksson@kvikkjokk.net>]

On Sundayen den 21 October 2001 23.52, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Normal users really don't need to see the startup message spam on boot,
> > unless there is an error (at which point it should be able to present
> > the error to the user).  Any kind of of progress indicator' s really
>
> The big problem is making sure they then see the error, and the previous
> progress information. On a solid hang they might not get it
>
> > more for feedback that the boot is proceeding ok.  The fact the boot
> > sequence isn't even interactive should also be a big hint that it isn't
> > really necessary (except for kernel and driver developers).
>
> You are thinking the small picture not the big one. If you are going to
> graphical in init then you want to make full use of the graphical
> environment to clearly show things like parallel fsck behaviour, what
> servers are starting up (with pretty icons) and to do interactive things
> like starting a rescue shell, going single user, pausing the boot,
> changing run level, interactive boot.
>

Gee, this sounds like Mandrake with candy like "Aurora" and "Linuxconf", I 
prefer the old behaivour though :)

-- 
Oden Eriksson, Jokkmokk, Sweden.
Mandrake Linux release 8.1 (Vitamin) for i586, kernel 2.4.12-3mdk. Uptime: 
18:17