On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 10:40 +0530, Moinak Ghosh wrote: > Edward O'Callaghan wrote: > > Hey, > > > > +1 > > http://splashy.alioth.debian.org/wiki/how_it_works > > However, I don't think Solaris is able to do a ramdisk to get X up. > > Maybe its more of a Indiana thing but I don't see it as critical it > > would be however nice to have. > > > > I believe that it would require some kernel work and detailed > > knowledge of Solaris's bits .. but I am no expert on the matter. > > A stripped down X with only vesa support can be included in the miniroot. > However for Indiana at least this is not required. The CDROM is mounted > very early in boot so X can be run off CD with forced vesa mode right > after the CD has been mounted. So one would see the initial boot messages > from the kernel and then in a little while that is replaced with a > graphical > screen.
I believe that on Linux X isn't used at all, they directly use the framebuffer device (/dev/fb). Is this possible in OpenSolaris? How long would it take to go from the grub splash screen to a "splashy" splash screen using the X method with vesa? One thing thats nice with Ubuntu (and other Linux distros) is that there is a consistant splash screen all the way from grub -> x login screen. I might try to get this working... Any pointers as to where I should start? Cheers, -Mark
