Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Do you prefer working in a console, but get tired of ignorant people assuming that your computer is old just because it only has text on the screen? Do you have Linux set up to use framebuffer text consoles?
If so, then maybe you should have a look at fungetty, a replacement for the standard Linux getty that can display full-color graphics above the login prompt. I hacked this up over the last week or so, and it seems to work pretty well. It can display many kinds of PNG files above the login prompt. There are some bugs and limitations, but nothing unreasonable. Download source tarball or Debian i386 binary package from http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~blp License is GPL. Full documentation. Should be easy to compile. In a couple of hours I'm leaving for Las Vegas and won't be back until Christmas Day, but I'll happily read your comments and patches after that. -- "Be circumspect in your liaisons with women. It is better to be seen at the opera with a man than at mass with a woman." --De Maintenon