From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 9 11: 0: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from typhoon.mail.pipex.net (typhoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 659BC14A27 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 1999 11:00:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 18987 invoked from network); 9 Dec 1999 18:37:39 -0000 Received: from userao50.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.135.166) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 9 Dec 1999 18:37:39 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id SAA00907; Thu, 9 Dec 1999 18:37:35 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 18:37:34 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: "Network Admin [JPeterson]" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: splash screen / saver Message-ID: <19991209183734.B322@marder-1> References: <3.0.5.32.19991209044929.007cc330@mindsieve.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 05:13:10AM -0500, Network Admin [JPeterson] wrote: > Alrighty.. I have been reading 'man splash' and the like for about a > week now and can't get this stupid thing to display the splash.bmp! > I have 'psudo-device splash' in the kernel config fileI am getting > /modules/splash_bmp.ko and /modules/vesa.ko loaded in the > loader.conf (I actually see them right before the Hit [Enter] to > boot immediately......) however I do not see the bitmap! I have > tried both a 640x480 and a 320x200 256color bmp called > /boot/splash.bmp > /boot/loader.conf has the following: > splash_bmp_load="YES" > vesa_load="YES" > bitmap_load="YES" > bitmap_name="/boot/splash.bmp" > > Any ideas? anything I missed? > Thanks! > Hmm, I don't have a /boot/loader.conf, all my splash stuff is in /boot/loader.rc: load /kernel load vesa load -t userconfig_script /kernel.config load -t splash_image_data /dawn.bmp load splash_bmp autoboot The splash screen (/dawn.bmp) works perfectly :) BTW, I'm running 3.3-STABLE (the same thing worked with 3.1-R as well) HTH > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- PERL has been described as "the duct tape of the Internet" and "the Unix Swiss Army chainsaw" - Computer Shopper 12/99 ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message