Re: boot banner project
From: Eric Anderson (anderson_at_centtech.com)
Date: 04/28/05
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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 06:44:04 -0500 To: Toxa <postfix@sendmail.ru>
Toxa wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 03:03:06PM -0400, Mike Edenfield wrote:
>
>>Scott Long wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Is it possible to do this without having to switch to an entirely
>>>raster-based console? Raster consoles (like what SuSE uses) have
>>>been discussed in the past, and the common thinking is that the
>>>loss in reliability and loss in speed is a significant issue to
>>>consider.
>>
>>One possible alternative to an all-out graphics display would be a
>>'prettified' text console. I'm thinking of what Gentoo and older RedHat
>>systems did (haven't used RH in years, dunno if this still applies)
>>where about 80% of the system log messages are hidden behind a simple
>>task list:
>>
>>Mounting File Systems ... [ok]
>>Starting xl0 ... [ok]
>>
>>etc. With, of course, the obligatory cyan, magenta, and bright green
>>colors. While partly eye candy, I find it much easier to deal with than
>
>
> This is the most stupid idea I've ever head. Please, PLEASE, don't waste
> your time turning FreeBSD into pink lolypop. Is it already
> super-perfect-mega-stable-with-all-desired-features-implemeted? IMHO if
> somebody wants to spare his time and skills working on freebsd, he should choose
> more useful direction for his mights and power. For example, take a look
> at all these PRs...
Stop and think that maybe some people can help in the areas that aren't
C coding, or kernel debugging. We still need ideas like this (even if
we choose not to use them), and calling them stupid I think isn't very
constructive for anyone. Ok, so you don't like the idea, we got it.
On the PRs - there are tons of PRs with patches, waiting to be
committed. All it takes is for a committer to grab it, compile, test,
and commit, but regular old FreeBSD supporters like myself can't commit
the code, so what would you like us to do? (That's a rhetorical
question, I don't need an answer).
I, myself, am used to the FreeBSD blast-a-bunch-of-text-at-me bootup
message, and I don't mind it. However, that doesn't mean it couldn't
use some cleaning up. It would be nice if it was a *little* more
organized so you could easily glance at the screen and see whats
happening. The little [OK] messages have been around for quite some
time, and I don't think Redhat invented them - I've seen them on older
HP-UX boxes too, and I have to say, it's a lot easier to tell what is
going on than our current ascii-spray we have now. I've even had
people ask if my machine just crashed when they see it boot.
This could easily be an rc.conf option I'm sure..
Eric
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