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• fix default window width
• need to read current state of "empty /tmp on boot" option on load
• need tooltips explaining boot loader configuration options
  • compact : you have the explanation during install ( some scsi disk bla bla bla ) but afterwards if you want to activate it you may not remember its meaning.
  • boot device : explain what does this mean, talking about MBR and what is hda/hdb/hdc/hdd . A tooltip may be too short
  • acpi & apic : not explain what is it, but maybe why we may want to enable/disable it.

• call draksplash in background
• merge drakedm into drakboot (OptionMenu): add the "no dm" opt checkbox into it alter bottom frame title => "Display manager / autologin"
• swtich two radios top/bottom
• direct use of gtk needed for:
  • enable to sort kernels
  • larger kernel config window

When Mandrake starts up it paints a very pretty progress bar and the words "Press Esc for verbose output" in english.

But after a few start-ups the thrill wears thin. Why paint the text? its just one more translation task to maintain and possibly mess up due to internationalization. And the big fat progress bar does not help or prove anything. It is very obvious to everyone the computer is starting up - really! Most people just want to know that its progressing and not hung.

Take a cue from Apple and Suse -- just paint a wordless little whirly-gig and somewhere in fine print, paint F1 [help] F2 [view console]