Boot experience work
This specification details the foundation team plans for the technology for the Lucid Lynx boot experience, changing from using usplash to plymouth to provide the graphical splash screen while waiting for the boot to complete. The "look" and "theme" components are not covered here.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Robbie Williamson
- Priority:
- Essential
- Drafter:
- Scott James Remnant (Canonical)
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- Canonical Foundations Team
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for lucid
- Implementation:
-
Implemented
- Milestone target:
-
lucid-alpha-2
- Started by
- Scott James Remnant (Canonical)
- Completed by
- Robbie Williamson
Related branches
Whiteboard
Work items:
[bryceharrington] Add "no root" patch to X server package: DONE
[bryceharrington] Add support for no root patch to X server driver packages: DONE
[scott] Finish gdm patch to pass "-nr": DONE
[scott] Apply gdm patch to package: DONE
[scott] Package plymouth: DONE
[scott] Replace usplash hooks in mountall with plymouth hooks: DONE
[apw] Add module alias to vga16fb and adjust link/module order: DONE
[albertomilone] Develop a plymouth plugin which replaces usplash features: DONE
[jr] kdm needs equivalent patches to gdm: DONE
work items for ubuntu-
[albertomilone] Implement the new plymouth boot theme: DONE
Work Items
Dependency tree
* Blueprints in grey have been implemented.
