Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 18:37:47 -0700 From: "Shawn Ramsey" <shawn@megadeth.org> To: "Mark Ovens" <markov@globalnet.co.uk> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: splash screen Message-ID: <003301bed962$f6a8c2b0$f957d8c0@cpl.net> References: <002b01bed95e$9a8e1ab0$f957d8c0@cpl.net> <19990729021238.A269@marder-1>
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> The following came from a FAQ that I d/l from John Baldwin's website > (www.baldwin.cx) which doesn't seem to exist anymore: > > Q. I loaded kernel, a bitmap file and the splash_bmp module as instructed, > but got the following error. What gives? > > Preloaded elf module "splash_bmp.ko" at XXXXXX. > module_register_init: module_register(splash_bmp, YYYYYY, 0) error 19 > > A. The current version of splash_bmp.ko is very limited. The color > depth must be 8 bpp (256 color), and the size must be 320x200 or > smaller if the VESA support is not included in the kernel. > If your BMP file doesn't satisfy these conditions, splash_bmp.ko > will return error 19 (ENODEV). If the VESA support is compiled > in the kernel or the VESA modules is preloaded by the boot loader, > larger bitmap may be used. > > Another possible cause of error is that the video driver finds it > unable to switch video modes on your video card and splash_bmp.ko > is failing. Run the `dmesg' command and see if it shows something > like "...video mode switching is only partially supported..." > among boot messages. There is no fix for this at the moment. Sorry. Hmm. Must have been the graphic, because I tried another and it worked. I thought the graphic I was using was 320x200 though, I got it off the advocacy.freebsd.org splash graphic page.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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