It doesn't have to be all or nothing. For instance, Aurora has this
"textboot" kernel command line option that allows you to skip the
graphical screen and go right down to the nitty gritty. I am not sure
about LPP, but a really well designed system should support both "debug"
and "end-user" modes.
On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, R.I.P. Deaddog wrote:
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> This issue has been brought out before, but not quite accepted. The
> reason...... can only recall faintly, not really everybody are willing to
> ignore all kernel messages, and it's really useful to many users for
> debugging or determining problem during booting process......?
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> Abel Cheung
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> On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Ian C. Sison wrote:
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> > Hello anyone on the mandrake team,
> >
> > Assuming we would like for a totally user friendly "face" to a mandrake
> > system booting up, Aurora seems to be a big step forward, could you
> > integrate the Linux Progress Patch as well - so end users would never have
> > to see "scary" text messages when the system is booting up?
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