On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 07:03:38PM +0100, Jochen Schmitt wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Steve Grubb schrieb: > > why does mkinitrd require plymouth? There are different aims to > > adjust package dependencies for security or minimal installation > > reasons. For example: > As far as I have understood it, plymouth will be put into the initrd > to allow a > switch into a graphical mode as early as possible. AIUI, The primary reason it's there is to provide a user interface for the 'enter your password' dialog if you have encrypted root. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
