Re: Killing the splashscreen for 2.16

[Ben Maurer <bmaurer andrew cmu edu>]

Hey,

On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, Soeren Sandmann wrote:

> I would like to turn off the login splashscreen by default, for the
> following reasons:
>
>        - 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:
> ...
> 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.

The times might be much longer for some users -- eg, somebody with an NFS 
home. 36 seconds (from your measurement) is a *long* time to go without 
feedback of any sort. I really wish GDM took care of the UI and made the 
transition to the desktop smooth.

-- Ben