On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 09:47, William Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > As far as I am aware its not maintained, though Andy did say he hoped he > would be able to do so - I just checked the OM wiki page for it and see > that there is a new download directory, but no information about > progress other than "approaching release". I am still wary of wasting > time trying it because the wiki still says "A short press on the power > button is enough to make Qi start booting. In a few seconds the > backlight will be lit, but the kernel will not spew any console messages > unless something is wrong. It may take up to 2 minutes (depends on > distribution) until X is started during which there will be no visual > feedback. Please be patient." - that is just plain broken from a user > perspective and in my case, wasted time as it didnt always reliably > start when pressing the powerbutton.
SHR displays bootsplash by default, and I think every distro should do that (even as text banner). Bootsplash isn't bootloader issue, and I never had problems with booting with Qi (other than with u-boot :P) _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community