On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 08:57:27 -0800, Mike Noble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem with any bootsplash is that if something does not work > while booting, you will not know anything about it. For example if > the ethernet card fails to activate you do not see the nice message > telling you and now you are wondering what is going on. I personally > like the text output as it tells me what is going on while the system > is booting.
Actually, with newer versions of "gensplash" (media-gfx/splashutils and the patch in gentoo-dev-sources), it will automatically switch to the text screen if an error occurs in an init script, allowing you to see the output. -- Calvin Walton -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
