Re: can we find a Debian solution for Bootsplash?
* Matthew A. Nicholson (matt@matt-land.com) disait :
> Hmm rhgb is a nice peice of software, it seems they have a list of things
> that happen built into the software that are announced as they happen. A
> quick glance over the source reveals a client/server arch in which the rhgb
> server is started and then starts X, upon which time gtk is used to do
> pretty stuff. Pretty intresting.
Yes, but if you look at the README file in the cvs source tree of rhgb,
you'll find an interesting notice
* rhgb-cvs/README
> ISSUES:
>
> There is no local security, really. It's quite possible for anyone
> during the boot process to talk to either the X server, or send random
> requests to the rhgb binary.
>
> [...]
>
> Totally insecure protocol. Clean up the code a bit.
Even if I agree on the point that rhgb has some important drawbacks, I like the main idea behind.
To conclude about rhgb, it seems that it has a nice set of pretty interesting
ideas implemented inside, but with some serious drawbacks :
- a lack of scalability/tuning with configuration files.
- a big security hole.
But it has a nice concept :
- setting up a Vesa X server and use a minimal client to print some stuff on it.
Do you think it would be a good idea to start some work with rhgb and SystemService ?
> I myself am very intrested in something like this:
>
> http://www.gnome.org/~seth/blog/2003/Sep/27
Is there some code to look at ? That looks to be only a blog entry...
> For a init rewrite for desktop use to be done properly it must support
> things like:
>
> * Alerting the user that new hardware was added to the system *after* boot
> and login.
>
> * Announcing it's actions and progress as it goes.
>
> * Handling boot failures gracefully.
>
> * Looking good, or not.
>
> * Single userish mode for failure recovery.
Pretty agree with you :)
To me, one important point for the Debian community would be to allow a simple way
to disable the graphic bootup system.
> RHGB is nice, but it does not fill all of those needs, not that it would be
> a bad thing to have in debian or anything...
Yep, and to you, would it be hard to hack rhgb to fit our needs ? ;-)
(I'm pretty excited in contributing on this).
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