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To help clarify what I'm asking for help with I'll walk through my bootup on this machine... I power on (toshiba tecra M6 laptop) and it runs a quick mem test and then attempts a connection which fails and then it starts grub. Once grub starts I get a grub splash with my kernel options and boot options... after selecting my kernel I then get a couple of pages of scrolling line code then a flash and more line code then the spinng balls in the center of a black screen and then the login splash. After entering login information and pressing enter I get my animated splashy I selected in kde system settings and when it completes I get my desktop. From power on to desktop is over 4 minutes in duration.
My question is if there is a way to eliminate 3 differenty splashys and integrate it all into one that starts immediately after kernel selection?. Thanks in advance for any advise, Jerry

I've never considered the initial grub screen where you select the kernel and boot options a "splash". You do have two other splash screens though. The plymouth splash that's shown before starting X, and the KDE splash that's shown while the KDE desktop loads (after logging in at the KDM screen).

You can disable or remove the plymouth splash, but I doubt that it will speed up that part of the boot process any.

For the KDE splash you can install something that's pretty elaborate, like the Steampunk splash, but I don't know if it actually slows things down or not.

The longest wait you will have is when it is looking for a connection, at times it will seam like forever, so disable it.
Kmenu > Settings (I think) > Mepis Network assistant > Interfaces Tab, by default it is checked to start at boot, change it to Start When plugged, and no I did not miss the "in" ie, Start When plugged in.

If I read this correctly, he's not seeing a plymouth splash screen at all, which is probably due to the "vga=" setting. I don't see plymouth on my 1024x600 netbook either, but it's no big deal and I haven't tried to fix it.

You may be able to disable the memory test and the attempted boot from network in the machine's BIOS setup, which will knock off a few seconds. Four minutes sounds way too long, my original Acer Aspire One netbook boots to the M11 desktop much faster than that....unless that machine in your sig is that much slower than a netbook.

Otherwise, you can set up an automatic login to boot to the desktop without human input.

PS. If you are running 4.7.2, this should be a 'modified MEPIS' question.

Stevo, the machine I'm refering to is a toshiba tecra M6 1.66Ghz w/2g ram. Wasn't sure where to post it so feel free to move to modified Mepis. Jerry

Have downloaded steampunk kdm login splashy and trying to install the theme but the authorization box fails on my root password. Any ideas???, I enter the password correct but is not recognized. BTW every time I have encountered this type of authorization pop up on every Mepis install I have used I got the same unrecognized result. Jerry

PS: Will a mod please move this thread as Stevo suggested. Thanks

Since KDE 4.4.x (I think), I've needed to use my user password for System Settings > System Administration > Login Screen (aka KDM) changes.

You are right, I ran into the same thing.