From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 17 11:34:22 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14D3B106564A for ; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 11:34:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wayne.mitchell.iz@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f44.google.com (mail-fx0-f44.google.com [209.85.161.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 986A18FC14 for ; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 11:34:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxe6 with SMTP id 6so3804412fxe.17 for ; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 04:34:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=aqXhxeNQ13ThUXbdi/COwumJztlRryItEAc/bNBGLh8=; b=TMhdx9BkYBDk1K/BA79Jtr5R/BNay9yMYwaLgRKhh0jKZ0G1jqrjr40TW7kG1+L5nN xtw6blzkm6rNHRMSsNXVWSAl10IRyj2dMxGds/PHG1oTr9HjwrtyeDIR2uSx7947xpUR kFM9+iDxX6etW66DaWylOOvq/Jszgs5ayxaGs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.85.155 with SMTP id o27mr8339451fal.109.1310902460443; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 04:34:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.78.193 with HTTP; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 04:34:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 11:34:20 +0000 Message-ID: From: wayne mitchell To: questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: boot/loader splash image X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 11:34:22 -0000 hey got question/problem for /boot/loader system: freeBSD 8.1-RELEASE GENERIC trying to get a bitmap on screen for bootup ------------------------------------------------------------- have read man page for all boot associated stuff (loader.conf...) and followed instructions using following values in /boot/loader.conf : bitmap_load="YES" # have tried commenting this out also vesa_load="YES" splash_bmp_load="YES" bitmap_name="/boot/splash.bmp" the splash.bmp size is about 400x300 (also 900x700 as alternative size) this size fits with available vid-modes within the vesa module does not work am using /boot/loader.rc as pre-set (includes loader.4th and beastie.4th)