[MeeGo-dev] How to hide cursor and message when startup & shutdown

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:49:59AM +0800, Alex Wu wrote:
> 2010/11/10 Greg KH <gregkh at suse.de>
> 
> > On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 09:59:40AM +0800, Alex Wu wrote:
> > > Sorry, it's plymouth-lite. But if it could add a little bit support on
> > > animiation rather than just static picture, it would be better.
> >
> > That would slow things down, you shouldn't see the static picture very
> > long at all before X takes over.
> >
> > > I hope the console ouput behavior is modified by config instead of
> > > recompiling kernel.
> >
> > It depends on what you are seeng.
> >
> > > Better have a document for customizing startup & shutdown process.
> > Currently
> > > it has too many screen switch, some warning / error message was not
> > removed
> > > and there is still a visible cursor.
> > >
> > > Startup and shutdown experience should make the end user think it's a
> > device
> > > not a PC.
> >
> > It looks that way on my machines :)
> >
> 
> You should see a visible cursor even it's not blink. Finally I found a
> kernel option to disable it,
> Too much screen switch during boot process if you compare it to how MacOS
> boots.

Huh?  You should see no screen switches, once the bios is through.  And
it's _way_ faster booting than MacOS is as well.

thanks,

greg k-h