From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 10 14:14:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from server.baldwin.cx (jobaldwi.campus.vt.edu [198.82.67.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D416815430 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 14:14:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (john [10.0.0.2]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA98915; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 17:14:00 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <199912102214.RAA98915@server.baldwin.cx> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 17:14:00 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: "Network Admin [JPeterson]" Subject: RE: splash screen / saver Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 10-Dec-99 Network Admin [JPeterson] wrote: > {~} -=# vidcontrol -i mode | grep 640x480 > 26 (0x01a) 0x00000003 G 640x480x4 4 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 > 0k > 27 (0x01b) 0x00000003 G 640x480x4 4 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 > 0k The x4 means they are 4 bits per pixel, i.e. 2^4, or 16 colors. The splash modules only work with 8 bpp, or 256 color, modes. Your video card doesn't fully support VESA, so you are stuck using 320x200 splash screens. -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message