ok - new idea to punt more time during the boot splash and less time during the int of x gui apps. let's pre-cache files needed during bringup of X. that means spend the cycles reading from flash while the splashscreen is amusing the user with something like:
$ cat /etc/init.d/precache-x #!/bin/sh # this is a precache file for x cat \ /usr/bin/Xglamo \ /usr/lib/libX*.so.? $cat /etc/init.d/precache-e17 #!/bin/sh # this is a precache file for e17 cat \ /usr/bin/enlightenment* \ /usr/lib/modules/*/*/*.so \ /usr/lib/modules/*/*.edj \ /usr/lib/modules/*/*.desktop \ /usr/share/enlightenment/images/* \ /usr/share/enlightenment/themes/* \ /usr/share/enlightenment/init/* \ /usr/share/enlightenment/icons/* \ /usr/share/enlightenment/fonts/* \ /usr/lib/libecore*.so.? \ /usr/lib/libedbus*.so.? \ /usr/lib/libeet*.so.? \ /usr/lib/libefreet*.so.? \ /usr/lib/libedje*.so.? \ /usr/lib/libevas*.so.? \ /usr/lib/libehal*.so.? \ /usr/lib/evas/modules/*/*/*/*.so ... (for example). so we can brew a set of precache files to be run during boot before we bring the more expensive gui land up and hopefully cover most of their paging-off-disk needs and have everything they need - or most of it, paged into ram and ready to go meaning things will come up MUCH faster once the pre-cache is done (and that's done under the cover of a pretty bootsplash progress bar... so it's less "noticeable" than sluggish starting apps). of course don't do everything - just the things we want to come up asap to improve the boot experience. sound like a good idea? -- Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
