[Bug 439004] Re: 9.10 bootup lacks refinement (excessive scrolling, font + text-mode switches)

[Robbie Williamson]

Couple of points:

0. The time from BIOS to Grub is nothing we can affect...I suggest contacting your machine manufacturer
1. Grub Menu only shows if you have more than one OS installed..assuming you've migrated to the now default grub2
2. There is nothing we can do with the flicker between grub and the kernel loading
3. We are attempting to resolve all chatty kernel messages and those printed by systems started before xsplash.  We could bring back usplash, but would add an ADDITIONAL mode change
4. GDM login is not required if you enable autologin.  If you need to login, then that's just something you'll need to deal with...although we are looking at cleaning it up a bit in Lucid
5. I actually don't mind the hourglass pointer...and apparently Windows doesn't either...and Apple has the pinwheel
6. the brightness change is an issue, but something we probably can't fix in time for 9.10
7. currently xsplash as a timeout of 15 sec...should probably be longer for slow computers such as yours

If you'd like to install bootchart and attach to this bug, we can look
at why your machine takes so long to boot

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9.10 bootup lacks refinement (excessive scrolling, font + text-mode switches)
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