[ Thanks to Michael Larabel for
this link. ]
“We tested out this xorg-edgers LiveCD with the ATI
kernel mode-setting packages on a Lenovo ThinkPad T60 notebook that
was using an ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 graphics processor. The
kernel mode-setting had worked without issues. The LiveCD was
installed to a Corsair Flash Survivor GT USB drive. However, as can
be seen from our video above, the boot experience is not exactly
pleasant with kernel mode-setting in general nor is it very fast.
Canonical was planning to adopt Red Hat’s Plymouth to provide a
pleasant, flicker-free boot experience in Ubuntu but that decision
was recently retracted. Canonical instead will continuing to be use
USplash, which does not directly take advantage of kernel
mode-setting, and instead will be investing their resources in
improving the overall startup time. They hope to reach a ten second
boot time by Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, but at this time that is still a far
reach”