Text bootsplash for MX-14.2-pae

[Gaer Boy]

I'm a bit late testing this, but I've seen the effect on D-O's video. I agree with most that it will make it easier to persuade newcomers to try MX, and the simple text presentation looks very good. I will probably still turn it off for my own use - I've been watching scrolling text since CP/M and it gives me a sense of security.

I've tested using a USB stick and the early display on my 1920x1060 monitor is very good. The resolution change is dramatic - down to less than 1/4 of the screen, and the text jumps to top left. It's still perfectly readable and I think it's fine. Adding 'nomodeset' or using Videos Safe mode didn't seem to make any difference.

I haven't tried the following graphic, but I think it's necessary for the same newcomers. I have about 10 secs of menu and tsplash, followed by 10 secs of blank sceen. Even I get a bit twitchy at that point.

Phil

[Jerry3904]

The resolution change is dramatic - down to less than 1/4 of the screen, and the text jumps to top left.

I had that in an earlier version that BJ sent me, but the most recent one solved that.

[kmathern]

I've tested using a USB stick and the early display on my 1920x1060 monitor is very good. The resolution change is dramatic - down to less than 1/4 of the screen, and the text jumps to top left. It's still perfectly readable and I think it's fine. Adding 'nomodeset' or using Videos Safe mode didn't seem to make any difference.

I haven't tried the following graphic, but I think it's necessary for the same newcomers. I have about 10 secs of menu and tsplash, followed by 10 secs of blank sceen. Even I get a bit twitchy at that point.

Phil

Just 'nomodeset' by itself doesn't stop the resolution from changing on my system.

If I use both 'nomodeset' & 'radeon.modeset=0', the resolution of the bootsplash screen (and the size of the text) stays the same for the entire time the splash is being displayed.

But I think using the 'radeon.modeset=0' cheat means I won't be able to use the radeon driver while running in X.

[gmagar]

An Excellent Creation BitJam! The perfect balance between text and graphics. Thanks to you and all who help fine tune it. I am testing it...now!

[Gaer Boy]

Just 'nomodeset' by itself doesn't stop the resolution from changing on my system.

If I use both 'nomodeset' & 'radeon.modeset=0', the resolution of the bootsplash screen (and the size of the text) stays the same for the entire time the splash is being displayed.

But I think using the 'radeon.modeset=0' cheat means I won't be able to use the radeon driver while running in X.

'radeon.modeset=0' on its own works for me - the resolution and text size stays the same throughout. I wasn't worried about using the radeon driver in X - it's disabled on my system anyway.

Phil

[BitJam]

Here is tsplash in Greek. The translations may be nonsense but that is easily fixed. This required me to work around some very strange bugs in how busybox handles unicode. This is a screenshot from Virtual Box at the default 640x480 resolution.

[Jerry3904]

Looks good (I guess), nice work.