@Robbie in #13: This is how boot looks on a Dell Latitude E6400 (TOSHIBA MK1652GSX hdd):
Booting with usplash enabled: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y028WaypT_c Bootchart: http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9678/tezrakarmic200910075.png
Booting with usplash enabled and console set to tty6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuGK5ZvgDso Bootchart: http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/2030/tezrakarmic200910076.png
With usplash enabled and console=tty6 you see a blinking cursor for a few seconds when usplash is exiting (because GDM takes a while to start X), but no other messages.
@Robbie in #13: This is how boot looks on a Dell Latitude E6400 (TOSHIBA MK1652GSX hdd):
Booting with usplash enabled: www.youtube. com/watch? v=y028WaypT_ c img4.imageshack .us/img4/ 9678/tezrakarmi c200910075. png
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Bootchart:
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Booting with usplash enabled and console set to tty6: www.youtube. com/watch? v=KuGK5ZvgDso img143. imageshack. us/img143/ 2030/tezrakarmi c200910076. png
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Bootchart:
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With usplash enabled and console=tty6 you see a blinking cursor for a few seconds when usplash is exiting (because GDM takes a while to start X), but no other messages.