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[Robbie Williamson <robbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09/09/2009 04:56 PM, Jarkko Lietolahti wrote:
> Hello,
>  This is the bootchart with staging PPA. Some horrifying messages in
> during the boot though ;)
Those are being addressed.

> No graphical Ubuntu progress bar, 
On purpose.  The plan is to not need usplash (this bar) unless a boot exception
occurs (i.e. filesystem check), and simply go to xsplash.

> some red
> FAIL lines passed also, but everything seems to work.
Also being addressed. Thanks for the feedback!

-Robbie
> 
> br,
>  Jarkko
> 
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Robbie Williamson
> <robbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:robbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     And if you are feeling insane...you can check out the "make it
>     faster bits" here:
> 
>     https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-boot/+archive/staging
> 
> 
>     On 09/09/2009 07:08 AM, Scott James Remnant wrote:
>     > Are you running Karmic Alpha 5, or an even-more up to date Karmic?
>     >
>     > Are you feeling adventurous?
>     >
>     > Then I could do with your help testing some boot updates.
>     >
>     >
>     > Firstly though, I would ask that if you have coursework or
>     homework due
>     > really soon; or something else that you really urgently need to do
>     with
>     > your computer, that you pass this by.  While I'm pretty confident
>     things
>     > will work, if they don't, Murphy's law says they won't for you.
>     >
>     > Secondly if you're using network filesystems, please don't try
>     this just
>     > yet - I'll follow up when the necessary update for those is ready.
>     >
>     >
>     > What you need to do:
>     >
>     >  - Install bootchart and reboot.
>     >
>     >  - Check that this gives you a baseline bootchart in
>     /var/log/bootchart.
>     >
>     >  - Add the ubuntu-boot PPA to your APT config:
>     >
>     >       echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-boot/ppa/ubuntu
>     karmic main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-boot-ppa
>     >
>     >         apt-get update
>     >
>     >  - If you're running up to date Karmic, you can just "upgrade" from
>     >    here; otherwise something like the following should work:
>     >
>     >       apt-get install anacron at avahi-daemon cron dbus hal hostname \
>     >               module-init-tools network-manager procps rsyslog \
>     >               initscripts sysvinit-utils sysv-rc udev upstart
>     >
>     >  - Make sure the install/upgrade is successful.
>     >
>     >  - Reboot again.
>     >
>     >  - Obviously check that it boots, and that you get a new bootchart
>     >    in /var/log/bootchart
>     >
>     >  - Mail *both* of these bootcharts to me (or the ubuntu-boot ML if you
>     >    want to share)
>     >
>     > Scott
>     >
> 
>