Re: bootsplash option for d-i?

2004-11-16 Thread Xan
Dilluns 15 Novembre 2004 17:19, en/na Colin Watson (Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]) va escriure: Re: bootsplash option for d-i? On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 03:45:42PM +1100, Andrew Pollock wrote: On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 04:47:02PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Notice that the debian-kernel team

lilo/grub image background? [was Re: bootsplash option for d-i?]

2004-11-16 Thread Xan
Since we're mentioning Ubuntu, the reason we rejected the bootsplash patch for the Ubuntu kernel was that including it broke the part of the installer that starts up the framebuffer in a way that we concluded was impossible to repair within the design of bootsplash. And what's about

Re: lilo/grub image background? [was Re: bootsplash option for d-i?]

2004-11-16 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 08:06:25PM +0100, Xan wrote: Since we're mentioning Ubuntu, the reason we rejected the bootsplash patch for the Ubuntu kernel was that including it broke the part of the installer that starts up the framebuffer in a way that we concluded was impossible to repair

Re: lilo/grub image background? [was Re: bootsplash option for d-i?]

2004-11-16 Thread Xan
Dimarts 16 Novembre 2004 21:29, en/na Andrew Pollock (Andrew Pollock [EMAIL PROTECTED]) va escriure: Re: lilo/grub image background? [was Re: bootsplash option for d-i?] On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 08:06:25PM +0100, Xan wrote: Since we're mentioning Ubuntu, the reason we rejected the bootsplash

Re: lilo/grub image background? [was Re: bootsplash option for d-i?]

2004-11-16 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Xan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Okay. Thanks. I see that debian seems less-graphical than another distro veyr long time :) Just count how many architectures these another distros support...:-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: lilo/grub image background? [was Re: bootsplash option for d-i?]

2004-11-16 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 10:09:09PM +0100, Xan wrote: Okay. Thanks. I see that debian seems less-graphical than another distro veyr long time :) Yeah, it's that whole lowest-common-denominator-across-11-architectures thing... regards Andrew -- linux.conf.au 2005 -

Re: bootsplash option for d-i?

2004-11-15 Thread Xan
Dilluns 15 Novembre 2004 05:45, en/na Andrew Pollock (Andrew Pollock [EMAIL PROTECTED]) va escriure: Re: bootsplash option for d-i? On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 04:47:02PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 09:52:03PM +0100, Xan wrote: Hi, I just want to know if in the new

Re: bootsplash option for d-i?

2004-11-15 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 03:45:42PM +1100, Andrew Pollock wrote: On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 04:47:02PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Notice that the debian-kernel team has refused the bootsplash patch in its current implementation, so there will be no bootsplash kernel in debian anytime soon, and

Re: bootsplash option for d-i?

2004-11-15 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 03:01:23PM +0100, Xan wrote: Dilluns 15 Novembre 2004 05:45, en/na Andrew Pollock (Andrew Pollock [EMAIL PROTECTED]) va escriure: I fully understand the reasoning behind the kernel team's rejection of this patch, What is this reasoning? I'm not subscribed to the

Re: bootsplash option for d-i?

2004-11-15 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 04:19:18PM +, Colin Watson wrote: On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 03:45:42PM +1100, Andrew Pollock wrote: On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 04:47:02PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Notice that the debian-kernel team has refused the bootsplash patch in its current implementation, so

Re: bootsplash option for d-i?

2004-11-14 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 09:52:03PM +0100, Xan wrote: Hi, I just want to know if in the new debian installer is considered the possibility that the user could select a bootsplash kernel: - I think that it were cool for desktop users. So perhaps in novice mode d-i could ask to user if

Re: bootsplash option for d-i?

2004-11-14 Thread Xan
Diumenge 14 Novembre 2004 16:47, en/na Sven Luther (Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED]) va escriure: Re: bootsplash option for d-i? On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 09:52:03PM +0100, Xan wrote: Hi, I just want to know if in the new debian installer is considered the possibility that the user could

Re: bootsplash option for d-i?

2004-11-14 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 04:47:02PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 09:52:03PM +0100, Xan wrote: Hi, I just want to know if in the new debian installer is considered the possibility that the user could select a bootsplash kernel: - I think that it were cool for

bootsplash option for d-i?

2004-11-13 Thread Xan
Hi, I just want to know if in the new debian installer is considered the possibility that the user could select a bootsplash kernel: - I think that it were cool for desktop users. So perhaps in novice mode d-i could ask to user if he/she wants a boot with image or not; or not, maybe a