[ubuntu-art] usplash improvements

[Mark Shuttleworth]

Michiel Sikma wrote:
> It seems that a bunch of specs have been changed into "obsolete"
> because apparently a new usplash is in the making. Exactly what will
> the capabilities of this new usplash be? Is there any place where I
> can follow its development or learn about Edgy planned features? I'm
> interested in doing usplash artwork so I would like to make a draft
> that makes use of the new capabilities.

I know Frank and Scott discussed this at some length.

At the moment, the only way we can offer suspect AND a boot splash is by
using the vga16 framebuffer driver. This limits the splash image to
640x400 and 16 colours. It is possible to use a higher resolution and
colour, but then you cannot also offer suspend on laptops.

Basically, unless someone knows how to rewrite the kernel to be able to
UNLOAD the higher resolution framebuffer driver modules after they are
loaded, we are stuck with this limitation because we want to continue to
offer great laptop suspend.

Now, there is some good news, in that we will eliminate the scrolling
text from the boot. And the boot will be faster. So overall, we should
be able to offer a slick boot experience even with the low resolution
splash.

Mark
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