High-res 'bootsplash'

[John Richard Moser]

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Scott James Remnant wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-07-30 at 15:14 -0400, John Richard Moser wrote:
> 
>> Matthew Garrett wrote:
>>> On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 03:08:20PM +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just read this blog entry from Debian planet, would this solve the
>>>> suspend problem with a high-res usplash?
>>>>
>>>> http://hughsient.livejournal.com/2591.html
>>> Unlikely, I'm afraid. There /is/ a potential mechanism for this - rather 
>>> than using the kernel framebuffer driver, we could do vesa in userspace. 
>>> This has a couple of drawbacks (x86-specific, would probably need 
>>> additional code written in order to support amd64) but would allow 
>>> higher resolutions without being likely to break suspend/resume.
>>>
>> Could use VESA kdrive, but uh.  Okay so kdrive is really lightweight and
>> all, but it's still, you know.  An X server.  It's BIG compared to a
>> single-function, tiny little program to scribble on the screen!
>>
> If we've got an X server, I'm putting a frickin' login screen up -- not
> a splash screen.  People can then be typing their username and password
> while the machine boots

It's not so much a full X server (Xorg has extensions and driver modules
and everything) as it is the minimal you need for things to work.  Also
it kind of only takes 2 megs of compressed space (if that) to get Kdrive
+ GTK + Xlibs; if all we're interested in is images and text then GTK
can be ditched.

Getting Kdrive up and saying "I'm going to show a log-in screen" would
be equivalent to using GTK-fb and saying "I'm going to start GNOME"

Like I said though, it's still an X server.  It takes CPU cycles, it
requires Xlibs and a font, etc.
> 
> Scott
> 

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