[Mageia-dev] RFC: Splash + Quiet.

Anne nicolas ennael at mageia.org
Sat Mar 10 17:55:08 CET 2012


Le 10 mars 2012 17:40, "Colin Guthrie" <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> a écrit :
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> Hi,
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> We've used the kernel command line "splash=silent" in the past (as
> opposed to "splash=verbose") to indicate that we want a splash screen.
>
> Most of the upstream projects just check for "splash" on it's own. The
> absence of the word "splash" means the same as our current
"splash=verbose".
>
> In order to make this work properly we have to patch both upstream
> systemd, initscripts, dracut and plymouth.
>
> As far as I can tell, there is no gain in doing this so I'm intending to
> convert our usage to the upstream defaults. If anyone objects, please
> speak out now!!
>
>
> As a separate issue, kernel debug output is controlled by the "quiet"
> keyword. We don't use this (haven't since 2003) but personally I believe
> it's time to include this. It gives a much smoother and more user
> friendly boot.
>
> So again, unless anyone objects, I'll update the tools to set these two
> keywords together when we boot. (I thought that there used to be a GUI
> tool to choose the theme here and whether it was verbose or silent... I
> can't seem to see it - what am I missing?)
>

Unless it's all done tonight please wait after beta 2

> Col
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