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Date:      Thu, 08 Jul 1999 06:29:39 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu>
To:        Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Randall Hopper <aa8vb@ipass.net>
Subject:   Re: Splash Screens (was Re: 3.2-RELEASE Feedback)
Message-ID:  <199907081029.GAA15478@smtp4.erols.com>
In-Reply-To: <m110qpX-0008G4C@rip.psg.com>

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On 04-Jul-99 Randy Bush wrote:
> so, i hacked my /boot/loader.conf.local to be
> 
>     splash_bmp_load="YES"
>     vesa_load="YES"
>     bitmap_load="YES"
>     bitmap_name="/boot/splash.bmp"
>     bitmap_type="splash_image_data"
> 
> install a 1024x768 /boot/spalsh.bmp
> 
> but i get
> 
>     Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc04df000.
>     Preloaded elf module "splash_bmp.ko" at 0xc04df09c.
>     Preloaded elf module "vesa.ko" at 0xc04df140.
>     link_elf: symbol vm86_intcall undefined
>     Preloaded splash_image_data "/boot/splash.bmp" at 0xc04df1dc.
>     module_register_init: module_register(splash_bmp, c0295624, 0) error 19
>     Probing for devices on PCI bus 0:
> 
> and no spash, of course.
> 
> 3.2-stable+pao
> vaio 505tx

Run vidcontrol -i mode to see what modes your VGA BIOS supports.  Some BIOS's
are cheap and require a TSR to support VESA, e.g. ATI Rage PRO 3D, and with
these you are stuck with 320x200.

> randy

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