On Sunday 01 August 2004 11:35 am, Doug B wrote:
Actually, I don't know for sure. I don't care whether I have a graphical boot or not. My 9.0 had a graphical boot. If I was sitting at the console during boot, I usually hit <F2>(or whatever it was) so I could see the detail. I just like to see if there are any slow spots or errors I may have missed before. My 9.1 install doesn't have a graphical boot, which is fine.
I too am amazed at how many people insist on having a graphical boot screen...
What do these people do, boot 5 times a day? And sit there and marvel at the wunnerful graphics? Since linux hardly ever needs booting, seems like a rather strange desire. Bruce, I put together systems for people who could care less what happens during boot. Most of those people are windows users who really cant tell
On Sunday 01 August 2004 10:59 am, Bruce Marshall wrote: the difference between windows and linux except by what they see on the screen. Those same people, quite often, shutdown the computer when they have finished whatever it was they wanted to do. So Yes, they may reboot several times each day. They dont marvel at the graphics, they simply ignore it. Another reason I like to use the silent splashscreen feature for them is it results in less of my time trying to explain to them what all that boot stuff means. For myself, I find the boot sequence, as it scrolls across the screen, distracting. Usually I dont really need to watch all that. When I need to see what happens I can press F2. So I would really like to find out how to make the splashscreen work on those machines where it doesn't. Surely there is someone who knows how it really works and will tell us their secret. ra