From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 2 20:16:22 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17FA11065673 for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2008 20:16:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pali.gabor@googlemail.com) Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com (gv-out-0910.google.com [216.239.58.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96DF58FC1E for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2008 20:16:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pali.gabor@googlemail.com) Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n8so567920gve.39 for ; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:16:20 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :organization:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:sender; bh=WiAH70RAcfeIt+Un+uAaZG3wF+0QY4w1Ap1bFOcN4mA=; b=nC+1lcSSTBb5ZxAQmyIdb7Hmxx24WZ6EHJ0qfYT0WGAH67PvXmGRTHSj5TujbtACkE tM1rWKsWgM6NGoRcWBjpMGATAS3vnWF23gyi5NmsvIkd7eeJYQaQMjqmfZxJj8DvWptV c8o41jWpU+KraN1vNrI/I3LB8zuAFphxSUZl0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:organization:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc :subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:sender; b=ZUxln/WucPyfxxe9pdbB8d9fScwUuQYMueLEPGOssr5Wz2B8QBeR1oYVT2dwbW29lK nEWH2QaPR95gFC7JOl3FFePO/wTfcPLOwfl4T5xGfUx/oT0Sh0Y+txx1QKW4XEKVfeyy sF6cP3cuHdaNarVyihx5/jE3r7u79VTiVqYWQ= Received: by 10.103.24.11 with SMTP id b11mr5509316muj.58.1228248979213; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:16:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.110? (catv-89-132-186-236.catv.broadband.hu [89.132.186.236]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e17sm9920541fke.32.2008.12.02.12.16.17 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:16:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49359784.504@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:16:04 +0100 From: Gabor PALI Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081023) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Rhodes References: <493155ED.8020004@FreeBSD.org> <49316309.1050407@gmail.com> <49330A66.8040801@FreeBSD.org> <20081201091730.0ef555fa.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20081201091730.0ef555fa.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: =?UTF-8?B?UMOBTEkgR8OhYm9yIErDoW5vcw==?= Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RFR: A "Boot Time Splash Screens" Section to the Handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:16:22 -0000 Hello, Tom Rhodes wrote: > Gabor PALI wrote: >> Note for native speakers: please, review! > > You asked. :P Thank you very-very much. I accepted and merged all of your suggestions, so I only answer the parts where I have comments. [..] > + at the virtual console login prompt at boot time, but go > + directly to the X11 desktop display manager's graphical login > + screen. Popular choices are XDM, > + the display manager of &xorg;, gdm > + for GNOME, and > + kdm for > + KDE, but any other display manager > + found in the Ports Collection could be used. These display > > Not sure about this sentence either. :( [..] > + At boot time with the splash screen > + enabled, a few boot loader messages still could be seen leading > + up to and including the boot options menu, and a timed wait > + count down prompt before the splash screen is > + displayed. > > This sentence is a bit much. Okay, I tried to rephrase both of them, I hope you will like it. > + > + Sample splash screen files can be downloaded from the > + gallery at + url="http://www.baldwin.cx/splash/">. > + martinko wrote: > IIRC even with VESA there's a limit of 1024x768 for boot splash images. > > You may want to mention sysutils/bsd-splash-changer port with which you > can have splash image chosen from your collection randomly at each boot. Sorry that I missed it, but this time I added a sentence about this, too. I tested the maximum resolution, and splash screens are supported only up to 1024x768, indeed. I changed the limits to reflect this. > + There are another two possible interesting > + loader.conf options. > > Not sure about this one. Rephrased. > Hope that helps. Of course! Thank you again. Here is the next iteration: (patch version): http://people.freebsd.org/~pgj/patches/2008/12/02/splash.screen.section.patch.diff (HTML version): http://people.freebsd.org/~pgj/patches/2008/12/02/html/boot-blocks.html#BOOT-SPLASH Regards, :g