Package: splashy Version: 0.3.13-5 Severity: normal
When init is waiting for user input, splashy dosent notify the user in any way. Sometimes, it is even impossible to input anything. I exeprienced two examples : - a file system check fail. In this case, user is prompted for the root password in order to start a maintenance shell. But when splashy is enabled, the user is not warned that an input is required, so the boot process seems freezed. I hitted CTRL+ALT+F8, then I saw the prompt, but it was impossible to enter the password. - booting into a wrong kernel after hibernation. In this case, init asks wether to continue the boot process, but splashy doesn't show anythong and the resume process seems frozen. It is however possible to hit y to continue the boot process or n to abort it. The problem is that for an user that is not used to these prompts, it can seem that it's impossible to boot anymore. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (10, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30686-pata+preempt (SMP w/1 CPU core; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages splashy depends on: ii initramfs-tools 0.93.2 tools for generating an initramfs ii libc6 2.9-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libdirectfb-1.2-0 1.2.7-2 direct frame buffer graphics - sha ii libgcc1 1:4.4.0-5 GCC support library ii libglib2.0-0 2.20.1-2 The GLib library of C routines ii libmagic1 5.03-1 File type determination library us ii libsplashy1 0.3.13-5 Library to draw splash screen on b ii lsb-base 3.2-22 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13 compression library - runtime splashy recommends no packages. Versions of packages splashy suggests: ii console-common 0.7.81 basic infrastructure for text cons pn splashy-themes <none> (no description available) pn upstart <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
