** Description changed: - Binary package hint: sysvinit - As of 2009-09-29, a boot of Ubuntu 9.10 alpha looks like this: 0:00 power switch on 0:05 BIOS boilerplate 0:20 Grub menu (80x25, VGA font) + count down begins 0:25 "Starting up..." (80x25, VGA font) 0:27 Text font change (80x25, custom font) 0:45 Text mode change (160x50, VGA font) 1:00 Text font change (160x50, custom font) 1:05 Black (completely blank) screen 1:08 Xsplash, arrow pointer 1:17 GDM login (...user interaction required) 1:24 Xsplash, hourglass pointer 1:38 Backlight brightness level change 1:39 GNOME top + bottom panels appear 1:48 Desktop background loaded 2:04 Desktop Icons *start* appearing 2:24 Desktop Icons *finish* appearing (448 items) 2:25 Click Firefox loader icon 2:47 Firefox appears There are around ~10 times during boot when the screen has visibly jarred/changed without due cause (eg. font, or brightness change). - There is *30 seconds* of 1990s classic scrolling text bootup (primarily - udev and ntp error messages). + There is *30 seconds* of 1990s-style classic scrolling text bootup + (primarily udev and ntp error messages). - Ideally font and text mode dimensions changes should be combed. + Ideally font and text mode dimensions changes should be combined to + occur at the same point in time. - Ideally usplash should be displayed if textual scroll will have has been + Ideally Usplash should be displayed if textual scroll will have has been displayed for more ~3 seconds.
-- 9.10 bootup lacks refinement (excessive scrolling, font + text-mode switches) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/439004 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
