From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 9 14:52:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2EA516A4CE; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 14:52:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from lilith.bellavista.cz (bellavista.worldonline.cz [212.90.245.154]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31B7E43D53; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 14:52:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: from freepuppy.bellavista.cz (freepuppy.bellavista.cz [10.0.0.10]) by lilith.bellavista.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id B41D02D; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 23:52:00 +0100 (CET) Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 920FF2FDA0E; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 23:52:00 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 23:52:00 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Scott Long Message-ID: <20040109225200.GM5994@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Scott Long , freebsd-current , freebsd-hackers References: <20040109203839.GK5994@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <3FFF2C03.5080502@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FFF2C03.5080502@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: freebsd-hackers cc: freebsd-current Subject: Re: beastie boot menu, 4th (forth) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 22:52:03 -0000 # scottl@freebsd.org / 2004-01-09 15:32:35 -0700: > Roman Neuhauser wrote: > >I have two related questions, one being more appropriate for current@, > >the other for hackers@, but they're quite the same thing, so sorry for > >the cross-post, I hope it's tolerable (I bet this won't solicit many > >replies :). > > > >I dislike the boot menu in CURRENT, and would prefer something that > > > >* doesn't rob me of the text output so far > >* displays no mascots or other visual noise > The only point for putting the mascot onto the screen was to fill unused > space next to the menu. I you want to keep the menu and remove the > mascot, just remove the line in beastie-menu that calls print-beastie. > For astetics, you could then reformat the menu dimensions to take up the > whole screen. Of course, leaving the menu on the screen at all defeats > your first goal mentioned above. so there's no way of having something output without clearing the screen? then I might just disable the menu completely, supposing there's an alternative similar to (or same as) the boot prompt in STABLE, which I have no problem with. -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html