Hi, We've used the kernel command line "splash=silent" in the past (as opposed to "splash=verbose") to indicate that we want a splash screen.
Most of the upstream projects just check for "splash" on it's own. The absence of the word "splash" means the same as our current "splash=verbose". In order to make this work properly we have to patch both upstream systemd, initscripts, dracut and plymouth. As far as I can tell, there is no gain in doing this so I'm intending to convert our usage to the upstream defaults. If anyone objects, please speak out now!! As a separate issue, kernel debug output is controlled by the "quiet" keyword. We don't use this (haven't since 2003) but personally I believe it's time to include this. It gives a much smoother and more user friendly boot. So again, unless anyone objects, I'll update the tools to set these two keywords together when we boot. (I thought that there used to be a GUI tool to choose the theme here and whether it was verbose or silent... I can't seem to see it - what am I missing?) Col -- Colin Guthrie colin(at)mageia.org http://colin.guthr.ie/ Day Job: Tribalogic Limited http://www.tribalogic.net/ Open Source: Mageia Contributor http://www.mageia.org/ PulseAudio Hacker http://www.pulseaudio.org/ Trac Hacker http://trac.edgewall.org/
