Hey, On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, Soeren Sandmann wrote:
> I would like to turn off the login splashscreen by default, for the > following reasons: > > - 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: > ... > 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. The times might be much longer for some users -- eg, somebody with an NFS home. 36 seconds (from your measurement) is a *long* time to go without feedback of any sort. I really wish GDM took care of the UI and made the transition to the desktop smooth. -- Ben _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
