Hi! Sounds to me like you want to check out "BootSplash"...
You will notice for example that a gentoo Live CD (or many other distros) behaves like windows. After the BIOS messages and the boot-prompt the system switches to a graphical display with a progress indicator. So this problem is already solved under linux, you just need to set your system up accordingly. Check out: http://www.bootsplash.org/ http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/gensplash/faq.php Incidentally, you probably don't need DirectFB for boot images. Richard > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von > Marcelo Coelho > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 26. Juli 2006 12:52 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: [directfb-users] GUI Linux: a new approach > > Hi! > > > I've tried for several times to test what directfb could do, > with no success. Right now, i'm trying to see if i can > implement an idea i had recently. > > When a user starts window$, the only thing he(she) sees is a > bootsplash kind image and then the graphical user interface, > instead of waiting for 30 secs to 2 minutes or more in the linux case. > > So i'm trying to see if it is possible, using todays software > to implement something like windows, where everything is much > easier to be used by a normal user, but with the reliability > of linux (I hope i was able to make myself clear). > > Can i use directfb for this? What does it need to be up and > running to be able to present gdm or gnome? > > > Thank you for your comments > > _______________________________________________ > directfb-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-users > _______________________________________________ directfb-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-users
