> On Jan. 13, 2016, 3:55 p.m., andreas kainz wrote: > > Hi, > > > > for me it look to "boring". I'm working on a cooperate design from grub to > > the shutdown menue. and plymouth is one part of it. > > > > I made a grub theme and some mockups you can get everything in the > > share.kde.org and the forum thread. > > > > My idea was to have the plasma background on top an "transparent" black > > overlay. Big header on top on bottom a toolbar compare to the plasma > > standard panel and in the middle an vertical align element. For plymounth I > > would move in the middle the konqui-app-hardware-mascot > > https://share.kde.org/index.php/s/jXXooedZYlyUqkC with an rotating circle > > for the booting element. if the harddisk wil be scanned the > > konqui-app-hardware-mascot could play tetris and when you have to enter the > > key the mascot could be animated don't know. only an idea. > > > > my focus was same "style" for everything an useful (nice and good readable) > > background and in the center the stuff you need. > > > > > > my draft files > > https://share.kde.org/index.php/s/URqovLbvXdY9nD3 > > https://share.kde.org/index.php/s/ar8AoTUmMGNGOGf > > > > the related kde forum > > https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=285&t=130271&p=349237#p349237 > > Kai Uwe Broulik wrote: > Note that the splash screen needs to be baked into the kernel image which > means a huge wallpaper significantly blows it up and slows down startup, > which is why a simple gradient is the best we could do. > > Matthias Klumpp wrote: > > Note that the splash screen needs to be baked into the kernel image > > You mean the initramfs, right? :P A massive wallpaper will definitely > slow down boot with slow disks in any case (question is: how much? has anyone > measured that?), so it's probably best to not get too crazy with the Plymouth > theme ^^ > > andreas kainz wrote: > good to know can I prepare an design suggestion? I am not a big fan of > this background wallpaper everywhere. my intension was to look what we hav > now (login manager, splash screen). > > would it be a good idea to show more tycon konqui mascots? don't say to > childish Android has the Android also everywhere and the mascots make plasma > More personal and friendly in Addition the are awesome and way better then > show everywhere the wallpaper. > > Eike Hein wrote: > I'm not a fan of this Plymouth theme. I think the glow algorithm used > isn't a good one and leads to pretty messy results (it looks tesselated > inside the gear, the sharp angled corners cut through the glow, etc.). The > gear itself is also not a neutral gray but slightly shifted into red and > blue, and I don't really know how a purple gear fits. > > I don't think we should use the mascots on splashs, but generally > speaking I love them. > > Marco Martin wrote: > to me: > > Pros: it has a solid black background: this is a must in order to hope > any smooth transition (you can always fade to the screen off color, the only > hope to avoid flickering in some condition) > > Cons: yeah, a bit boring indeed, and the glow isn't super beautiful > (would it be possible to have it blue without looking too tacky?) also i > think it "must" be with the KDE logo, even tough I well know it is a very bad > logo
Sharing my years old dream: flicker free boot from grub to session. To achieve this we need to have the same wallpaper everywhere. - Martin ----------------------------------------------------------- This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/126732/#review91012 ----------------------------------------------------------- On Jan. 13, 2016, 3:27 p.m., Jonathan Riddell wrote: > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: > https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/126732/ > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > (Updated Jan. 13, 2016, 3:27 p.m.) > > > Review request for Plasma. > > > Repository: breeze > > > Description > ------- > > a plymouth theme for breeze > > based on kubuntu theme, it's one image with a fading in and out glow > also a 16 bit fallback which is just the static k logo > some cmake to look for the current plymouth theme diretory which could do > with testing on other distros > it doesn't try to set it as default theme or run update-initramfs, I think > that can only be done by packagers > suggestions for artwork welcome but changing the functionality (fade in and > out glow) is not something I have the knowledge or time for > I've not included a text fallback theme, the plymouth text theme seems very > limited in functionality and the ubuntu-text theme is presumably distro > specific > > http://weegie.edinburghlinux.co.uk/~jr/tmp/out-3.ogv > > > Diffs > ----- > > CMakeLists.txt cdcc46e > cmake/FindPlymouth.cmake PRE-CREATION > plymouth/CMakeLists.txt PRE-CREATION > plymouth/breeze/README PRE-CREATION > plymouth/breeze/breeze.grub PRE-CREATION > plymouth/breeze/breeze.plymouth.in PRE-CREATION > plymouth/breeze/breeze.script PRE-CREATION > plymouth/breeze/images/16bit/dot.png PRE-CREATION > plymouth/breeze/images/16bit/logo.png PRE-CREATION > plymouth/breeze/images/16bit/progress-rect.png PRE-CREATION > plymouth/breeze/images/16bit/text-input.png PRE-CREATION > plymouth/breeze/images/dot.png PRE-CREATION > plymouth/breeze/images/logo-glow.png PRE-CREATION > plymouth/breeze/images/logo.png PRE-CREATION > plymouth/breeze/images/source.svgz PRE-CREATION > plymouth/breeze/images/text-input.png PRE-CREATION > > Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/126732/diff/ > > > Testing > ------- > > installed this > set default.plymouth link to point to breeze.plymouth > install plymouth-x11 > sudo plymouthd --debug --tty=`tty` --no-daemon > sudo plymouth show-splash > pretty K blinks > > > Thanks, > > Jonathan Riddell > >
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