On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 23:26 +0200, Soeren Sandmann wrote: > I would like to turn off the login splashscreen by default, for the > following reasons: > gconftool-2 --set -t boolean /apps/gnome- session/options/show_splash_screen False
> - login is somewhat faster > > - the 'progress' icons in the splashscreen don't reflect the > time it actually takes to login. > > On my system, the login process is like this: > > - Press return after entering password > > <Harddisk spins for 18 seconds> > > - Splash screen appears. Three icons appear almost immediately > > <Harddisk spins for 6 seconds> > > - Splash screen disappears. > > <Harddisk spins for 12 seconds> > > - Desktop appears. > > The splash screen just doesn't serve any purpose. The "progress" it > shows has nothing to do with reality, and the splash screen itself > isn't even visible for more than 25% of the login time. > > > Soren > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list -- Ritesh Khadgaray LinuX N Stuff Ph: +919822394463 Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
