On Sun, 2004-07-04 at 14:49 +0100, Mike Hearn wrote: > - no kernel text at all is seen on startup Any kernel text showing up with the current 'quiet' mode could be considered a bug :) > - there is graphical shutdown I'd rather just make the shutdown fast enough that no one cares. Keeping X running makes a few things difficult and it would be easier just to speed up the process, imho > - a minimal X server is used (maybe just skip that and make GTK use > the framebuffer) - right now startup time is increased somewhat > because the nVidia drivers take ages to initialize Unfortunately, framebuffers + accelerated X servers have a habit of triggering neat new bugs :( Even things as simple as vga16fb. Jeremy