Re: Killing the splashscreen for 2.16

[Ritesh Khadgaray <khadgaray gmail com>]

On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 23:26 +0200, Soeren Sandmann wrote:
> I would like to turn off the login splashscreen by default, for the
> following reasons:
> 
gconftool-2 --set -t boolean /apps/gnome-
session/options/show_splash_screen False

>         - login is somewhat faster
> 
>         - the 'progress' icons in the splashscreen don't reflect the
>           time it actually takes to login.
> 
> On my system, the login process is like this:
> 
> - Press return after entering password
> 
> <Harddisk spins for 18 seconds>
> 
> - Splash screen appears. Three icons appear almost immediately
> 
> <Harddisk spins for 6 seconds>
> 
> - Splash screen disappears.
> 
> <Harddisk spins for 12 seconds>
> 
> - Desktop appears.
> 
> The splash screen just doesn't serve any purpose. The "progress" it
> shows has nothing to do with reality, and the splash screen itself
> isn't even visible for more than 25% of the login time.
> 
> 
> Soren
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