From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 6 11:53:50 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6D2A16A400 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 11:53:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd@1command.com) Received: from mail.1command.com (mail.1command.com [216.177.243.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 785C043D49 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 11:53:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@1command.com) Received: from mail.1command.com (localhost.1command.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.1command.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k36BrlDx031784; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 04:53:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd@1command.com) Received: (from www@localhost) by mail.1command.com (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id k36Brkmm031783; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 04:53:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd@1command.com) X-Authentication-Warning: mail.1command.com: www set sender to bsd@1command.com using -f Received: from mail.1command.com (mail.1command.com [216.177.243.35]) by webmail.1command.com (H.R. Communications Messaging System) with HTTP; Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:53:46 -0700 Message-ID: <20060406045346.8ebxvar40w4cw4g8@webmail.1command.com> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:53:46 -0700 From: Chris To: "[LoN]Kamikaze" References: <4434CA1F.5030506@rackspace.com> <4434E43D.7010908@gmx.de> <20060406033849.r454nl98kks8sk0s@webmail.1command.com> <4434F4D2.2080708@gmx.de> <20060406040953.zmzszeyh0ggcccg8@webmail.1command.com> <4434FC48.8080102@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <4434FC48.8080102@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: H.R. Communications Internet Messaging System (HCIMS) H3 (4.0.4) / FreeBSD-5.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: splash X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 11:53:50 -0000 Quoting "[LoN]Kamikaze" : > > > Chris wrote: >> Quoting "[LoN]Kamikaze" : >>> >>> Chris wrote: >>>> Quoting "[LoN]Kamikaze" : >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Daniel Anson wrote: >>>>>> I would like to have a splash display during boot. I have edited the >>>>>> loader.rc to include only include /boot/loader.4th and start. The >>>>>> loader.conf, i put only splash_bmp_load="YES" and >>>>>> bitmap_load="YES". It >>>>>> dosent work. Where am I going wrong. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Any help appreciated. >>>>>> >>>>>> Daniel - BSD rocks! >>>>> >>>>> These settings work fine on my system: >>>>> # splash screen settings >>>>> splash_bmp_load="YES" >>>>> bitmap_load="YES" >>>>> bitmap_name="/boot/splash.bmp" >>>>> >>>>> Note that you can only use 256 colour Bitmap images. >>>> >>>> and size should be 320x200 >>>> Last time I used one anyway. >>>> >>>> --Chris >>>> >>> >>> You are wrong. >> >> I am right. I was forced to change the size many times to get the >> image to look correct and 320x200 did the trick. I don't switch to >> 1024x768 on my 20" monitor until I start X11. Perhaps this explains >> the difference. >> > > This might be a problem with the VESA compliance of your video card. But > generally, it does work. I'm using a 1024x768x8 splash image on several > machines with ATI and NVIDIA cards. No kidding? These are the same brands I'm using. The ATI's are PCI (onboard ATI - TYAN SMP motherboards) and the nVidia's are AGP. They're "higher end" models as well. Must be the way I build the kernel regarding boot/ console. Oh well, no complaints. Just interesting to hear. --Chris > -- Microsoft: Disc space -- the final frontier! ----------------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p12 (SMP - 900x2) Tue Mar 7 19:37:23 PST 2006 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////