[mythtv-users] mythtv frontend startup beautification

[mythtv at phipps-hutton.freeserve.co.uk]

Quoting Rob Verduijn <rob.verduijn at gmail.com>:

> Hello all,
>
> After recently reinstalling my mythtv frontend and then tuning the startup
> down to several seconds (<10 from 0 to mythdesktop)  there is still
> something that bothers me.
>
...
> does anybody know how to dump a splash screen over it (animated hourglass
> or something like it ) to hide all that untill the frontend is ready for
> action ?
>

How about suspend rather than reboot? It takes my FE about 5 seconds  
to restore and then another 5 seconds or so for the mythfrontend  
connections to be restored. I've not seen the boot screen since the  
last power cut.

Cheers,
Tim.