> Actually I use GDM for logging in but the boot experience is simply a black > screen until GDM appears (fresh install; didn't touch any config files). > > I was hopping for a smooth boot experience for 10.04 but it seems that at > least my machine still does not play nice with plymouth.
Plymouth can be shown for a very short time because most boot time is spent on kernel init and plumbing, and Plymouth works only during X.org and GDM init, which take 1-2 seconds. You can have a look at bootcharts at http://people.canonical.com/~scott/daily-bootcharts/, look for plymouth (not plymouthd) there. IMO, plain login screen is a real problem for look and feel of Ubuntu, but changing it goes far beyond artwork. Karmic GDM mockups (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/Demo/) looked great, but what we got in the end? -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
