Kernel 3.1 has arrived in Tumbleweed

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#1

After the updates this morning i`m running on kernel 3.1 and using Tumbleweed:

creatura@creation:~> uname -a
Linux creation 3.1.0-46-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Oct 24 20:49:37 UTC 2011 (1cba112) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

creatura@creation:~> cat /etc/SuSE-release 
openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64)
VERSION = 11.4
CODENAME = Celadon

Can wait for those 17 days to pass so that Tumbleweed can jump to 12.1 as base :slight_smile:

#2

Reading /var/log/messages/ i found some interesting lines:

10/31/11 08:17:36 AM	creation	kernel	   26.502019] splash_write_proc: 
10/31/11 08:17:36 AM	creation	kernel	   26.502024] splash_write_proc:  unit: 0
10/31/11 08:17:36 AM	creation	kernel	   26.502026] splash_write_proc: show/hide
10/31/11 08:17:36 AM	creation	kernel	   26.502030] splash_set_percent:  console: 0 val: 44361
10/31/11 08:17:36 AM	creation	kernel	   26.502031] 
10/31/11 08:17:36 AM	creation	kernel	   26.552062] splash_write_proc: 
10/31/11 08:17:36 AM	creation	kernel	   26.552067] splash_write_proc:  unit: 0
10/31/11 08:17:36 AM	creation	kernel	   26.552069] splash_write_proc: show/hide
10/31/11 08:17:36 AM	creation	kernel	   26.552073] splash_set_percent:  console: 0 val: 44706
10/31/11 08:17:36 AM	creation	kernel	   26.552075]

These lines repeat a lot in my log.

Another lines are like this:

10/31/11 08:17:36 AM	creation	kernel	   26.758949] splash_recolor: 
10/31/11 08:17:36 AM	creation	kernel	   26.758988] splash_write_proc: 
10/31/11 08:17:36 AM	creation	kernel	   26.758990] splash_write_proc:  unit: 6
10/31/11 08:17:36 AM	creation	kernel	   26.758992] splash_write_proc:  silent/verbose
10/31/11 08:17:36 AM	creation	kernel	   26.758993] bootsplash: status on console 6 changed to on

10/31/11 08:17:43 AM	creation	kernel	   33.381277] splash_prepare: vc_num: 6
10/31/11 08:17:43 AM	creation	kernel	   33.381280] splash_look_for_jpeg: bootsplash: scalable image found (1280x1024 scaled to 1280x1024).
10/31/11 08:17:43 AM	creation	kernel	   33.404466] boxit: 
10/31/11 08:17:43 AM	creation	kernel	   33.511983] boxit:

So the natural question is: what do the lines above represent? :slight_smile:

#3

Just installed the latest kernel 3.1.0-46-desktop x86_64 and other updates. I saw quite a few splash_proc messages towards the end of /var/log/boot.msg, but no idea what they represent.

After these updates, desktop apps on KDE 4.6.5 seem to load faster, such as libreoffice. :slight_smile:

#4

That`s true, i wonder how the boot process will be when Tumbleweed will use 12.1 as base with systemd instead of sysvinit :slight_smile: