Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Feb 2001 18:18:00 +0100 | From | Peter Kundrat <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] Animated framebuffer logo for 2.4.1 |
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On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 11:47:18PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > > Right. Add the option. Default to "spew mode", > > but make it easy for distributions to show people > > a non-threatening boot process. > > Wrong. > > > > Since, as Christophe mentions, the boot messages would > > still be accessible via CTRL-ALT-F2, I don't see what > > the problem is with at least making this an option. > > If your system crashes hard, you have only graphical logo to stare > at. Any warning messages are hidden. Not good.
One good compromise would be a small scrolling window with a few last kernel messages. Another option would be to turn it off for next boot (assuming it is reproducible), either by setting bootparam or pressing alt-f2 early enough.
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