> If the indication can track fraction_completed - so much the better - but I > do not expect the user to leave the room if the boot process takes longer > than he expects. Seeing "only 25% to go" is <frosting>; the > <chocolate_cake> is knowing "no problems thus far".
Watching the number of files in /var/run/*pid and/or similar places might give a good indication of how much progress has been made. (as compared to just "we can update the display so we aren't locked up yet") I don't know how to cleanly translate that into a percent. The total might depend on what is installed and/or what extra I/O gear is plugged in this time. It might be reasonable to collect a list of normal files for this distribution (say in a file) and only count them. That would let you convert to %, but initialization might finish early if a package is not installed or broken such that it crashes. -- These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
