Hi there! I've just managed to have Plymouth work on the DDL development version. This software is replacing Splashy [1] used on Gondwana for the CD boot screen, between the very first boot screen and the activities menu (Splashy is not available on Debian Squeeze). I finally found how to have Plymouth work on a larger set of computers (hopefully), using a so-called “framebuffer” instead of native “KMS” video drivers which only work with a subset of Intel, Ati and nVidia chipsets.
[1] http://team.doudoulinux.org/issues/88 That said, the problem now is to take benefit of one interesting feature of Plymouth: animated boot screen. Currently I've copied the default Debian Plymouth theme named “spacefun” [2] and just replaced the background image to make it more DDL-like. I uploaded a screencast [3] of the animated boot it is leading to, with a spaceship flying above the witch! Also I urge our graphic designers to think about what animation we can make: should our characters and our mascot walk, smile, jump, wink, wave their hands, etc.? [2] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/SpaceFun [3] http://www.doudoulinux.org/share/file.php?h=R762b9815bfdd254c3cd13a6a30a55339 Warning: the screencast life time is 1 month, it'll disappear automatically after. Of course any implementation of your unbounded creativity as a Plymouth theme to be embedded into DDL is welcome :). It would be nice to have it on 2011-11 but I know the schedule is very short, despite this release is going to be quite late. Do your best! Cheers, JM.
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