Re: graphical boot-up screen

2002-11-25 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 23:00, Michael Jonsson wrote: > Hi, > > Where can I find a "graphical boot-up screen" to redhat 8.0. ??? Aside from all the posted (and valid :) reasons for not using a "graphical boot up" screen (eg 'starting windows') I suggest you try framebuffer mode. Its not fully 'grap

Re: graphical boot-up screen

2002-11-25 Thread David Durst
I believe this discussion also occured in the kernel list. There is currently a patch you can apply (HA it doesn't work to well :)) It will give you the graphical boot up screen, with nifty messages if it were to work. Linus has taken the stand point of if a distro wants to put it in have fun wit

Re: graphical boot-up screen

2002-11-25 Thread Alan Peery
Michael Jonsson wrote: Hi, Where can I find a "graphical boot-up screen" to redhat 8.0. ??? I would suggest that instead you teach your users the true beauty of having bootup messages on the screen. Tell them that *if* their machine ever locks up, this scrolling screen of text will have yo

RE: graphical boot-up screen

2002-11-25 Thread Michael Jonsson
I want a pretty screen that cover up the kernel messeges .M -Original Message- From: Dennis Gilmore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: den 25 november 2002 15:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: graphical boot-up screen On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 23:30, Michael Jonsson wrote: >

Re: graphical boot-up screen

2002-11-25 Thread Dennis Gilmore
On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 23:30, Michael Jonsson wrote: > Hi, > By graphical boot-up screen, what exactly do you mean? do you want a pretty screen that covers up the kernel messages on boot up or do you want a gui to log in with? if you want a gui you need to boot into run level 5 copied from /etc