<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.2.3"> </HEAD> <BODY> I did some searching and found that the next Ubuntu release will have a very fancy and complex boot splash system. Can't wait to see that. However I don't want to wait 5 months for it, and don't need something as fancy as what's described in the wiki. So, in the meantime, what about writing a nice HowTo on the site, to explain how to: 1) switch GRUB to graphical mode and display a background image (can GRUB be graphical, or is it just LILO ? If so, how to switch to lilo ?) 2) when kernel loads, display background image behind all the debug info, and also display the image when in silent mode with no text and just the progress bar 3) same thing when turning the machine off and the kernel unloads everything. I am not capable of writing this HowTo, but I come from Mandrake which had graphics everywhere (albeit extremely ugly !), so it must be possible, just need the HowTo.... I am sure someone out there can do that ! :o))) Vince. </BODY> </HTML>