[syslinux] New 'quiet' behavior - optional?

[Lucas De Marchi]

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 15:08, Lucas De Marchi
> <lucas.demarchi at profusion.mobi> wrote:
>> I think it'd be great if we could separate the 'quiet' command for
>> Linux and for syslinux. Moreover, if we have a 'quiet' command for
>> syslinux, would it be possible to turn off the Copyright message?
>
> With regards to the banner, which includes the copyright, it is
> written before the config is loaded.  It serves as notice to a user
> that bootloader itself is fully loaded and ready to start.  There have
> been multiple requests for turning it off.  I believe the current
> standing is that it will not be turned off in the pre-compiled
> binaries.  You can always edit the source and turn it off but you'll
> be supporting it entirely on your own.

Yes, this is easy. Maybe a compile time option?

>
> That said, an easy workaround is to load a UI that overwrites that
> portion of the screen.  There was a discussion in the last few months
> about trying to make it look like it's silent to the user when things
> move fast enough.

That didn't work for me. I can see the message by a fraction of second
before the graphical UI overwrites it.

When I see these messages by a fraction of a second (not specifically
in syslinux), I always hear users complaining that the system as a
whole is not well integrated, there are still some rough edges to be
polished. The reason is that it appears and goes away faster than the
user is able to read and slower than necessary to be unnoticed.



regards,

Lucas De Marchi