Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 12:13:17 +0900 From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: splash screen broken?? Message-ID: <199905280313.MAA09521@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 27 May 1999 21:47:17 -0400." <Pine.GSO.3.95q.990527214338.1268A-100000@rac1.wam.umd.edu> References: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.990527214338.1268A-100000@rac1.wam.umd.edu>
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>Whenever I try to load the splash screen (300x200 256 colors) the modules >seem to load right, however, when the kernel boots, it gives me an error >about mod_register_init or something of that nature, I was just testing >the config... I tried these commands at the boot loader. > >load kernel >load -t splash_image_data /boot/splash.bmp >load splash_bmp.ko >boot > >and it gave me the error >I tried switching the the second two loads around, but that didn't work, >and I tried just letting /boot/defaults/loader.conf do the loading for me, >no matter what, I got the same error. Although it is hard to tell what is wrong in your case without the precise error message, the followings are possible cause of errors. 1. The bitmap format is something splash_bmp doesn't understand. Are you sure the file is a W*ndows BMP file? 2. The bitmap is larger than the maximum screen size the video card supports. Without the VESA module, the maximum allowed size is 320x200. (Your bitmap size is 300x200, thus, should be OK.) With the VESA module, the maximum size varies; it depends on the VESA BIOS on your video card. 3. The video card doesn't support required graphics modes. Run 'vidcontrol -i mode' and see if the 320x200 256 color mode is supported. The vga driver in FreeBSD may not be able to support all video modes, if the video card's BIOS is not as compatible as it should be. Kazu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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