[ubuntu-za] Messageboard application

[Nic Roets]

Hello Charl,

We did something similar under uClinux last year. The device did not have a
display and console output went to the first serial port by default. That
port was connected to a non-ASCII device, so console had to be suppressed.
There are a number of kernel options for that, incl. sending console output
over the network.

Perhaps there's a kernel command line option that you can use. Perhaps you
can just install the packages that is used in the desktop distribution :
usplash and xsplash

Regards,
Nic

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Charl Wentzel <charl.wentzel at vodamail.co.za
> wrote:

> Hi Guys
>
> I've written a small ncurses application (schedule board) as part of a
> more complex system which runs on a small eBox.  I've installed Ubuntu
> server edition to keep the installation small and fast.  I've set it up
> to launch the ncurses schedule board from rc.local so it startup
> automatically.  All of this works well.
>
> I would now like to give it a more professional appearance during
> bootup, by getting rid of all the  boot messages.  I'm thinking of the
> following:
>
> 1. During the boot up process automatically switch to the second virtual
> terminal and show a basic boot message until the ncurses app starts up
> in that terminal.  I know how to get the application to startup in a
> different virtual terminal, but I still need to figure out how to switch
> to another terminal during bootup and how to show something other than
> the login prompt.
>
> 2. I would perfer to not to show any boot text and jump to a splash
> screen during boot up and then the ncurses app after that.  Much like an
> Ubuntu Desktop would start up.  I guess I could do a desktop install and
> switch to the ncurses app instead of the login manager, which I'll have
> to figure out.  But a full desktop install is a really big overkill for
> what I'm trying to do.
>
> I would love to know if anyone has any experience with this that could
> give me some advise or even alternative/better suggestions.  I don't
> expect anybody to give me step-by-step instructions (I'm not afraid of
> Google), but I would like to draw on some experience before a pick a
> path.
>
> Regards
> Charl
>
>
>
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