Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 13:59:45 -0600 (CST) From: "Roger P. Johnson" <rpj@fep.hirshfields.com> To: kg@dccnet.com (Kevin G. Eliuk) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why I can not see the picture of splash.bmp? Message-ID: <200101012000.OAA29421@fep.hirshfields.com> In-Reply-To: <3A4FD9AF.44291780@dccnet.com> from "Kevin G. Eliuk" at "Dec 31, 0 05:13:19 pm"
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> lanehol@bellsouth.net wrote: > > > > I'm mystified by this as well. > > > > I've added the following to my /boot/loader.conf and included a bmp file > > that is 1024 x 768 x 256 but I still can't see it when my system boots: > > > > splash_bmp_load="YES" > > vesa_load="YES" > > bitmap_load="YES" > > bitmap_name="/boot/splash.bmp" > > > > I'm running 4.2-RELEASE and pseudo-device splash is uncommented in my kernel > > config > > > > What's up with that? > Do you have "options VESA" in your kernel? Try a 640x480 .bmp file first because ... Some graphic cards can't do .bmp's greater than 640x480 such as the Mach64 based cards ... > what error message from dmesg are you able to see in regards to splash_bmp? > That should give you a clue to the problem. What kind of messages do you get right when FreeBSD is booting up? You should see about 4 lines pertaining to modules loaded, bitmap load etc ... Search the FreeBSD mailing lists... It looks like you have it configured right... BTW, your loader options should be in /boot/loader.conf.local. -Roger To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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