Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:40:59 -0500 From: "Thompson, Jimi" <JimiT@mail.cox.smu.edu> To: "Mike Jeays" <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com>, "Kevin Kinsey" <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Bye-bye beastie ... Message-ID: <B2DC92828A70F644B2C1F27F52EEBAE34E8F25@exch4.elcsb.net>
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Perhaps they'd prefer it if we used this instead=20 http://www.jesusdance.org/ 2 cents, Jimi I've stopped 75 spam and fraud messages. You can too! One month FREE spam and fraud protection at http://www.cloudmark.com/sig/? -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Mike Jeays Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 5:23 PM To: Kevin Kinsey Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bye-bye beastie ... On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 17:28, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Mike Jeays wrote: >=20 > > > >As well as turning off the beastie, is there a way to suppress all the > >dmesg and other output, so that the first thing to appear is the KDM or > >GDM login screen? When I show FreeBSD to people who have only seen > >Windows before, their first reaction is how geeky all that text looks as > >it rolls by. They are turned off before I even get to the login > >screen. Most current Linuxes are 'better' in this respect. > > > >I realise it may make it harder to debug failed startups... > > =20 > > >=20 > We use a "splash" screen --- I forget where it's documented > in the handbook/FAQ, but splash(4) has most of the 'GUI' > details (pun intended). >=20 > Basically, as root: > $ echo splash_bmp_load=3D"YES" >> /boot/loader.conf > $ echo bitmap_name=3D"/boot/splash.bmp" >> /boot/loader.conf >=20 > This should cause "splash_bmp.ko" to be kldloaded at boot > time. The bitmap should be 320 x 200 x 8 colors (at least that's > what works for us - probably related to console settings). We use it > as an opportunity to show the company logo. >=20 > It comes up after the "beastie menu" and the copyright info > (and a couple of error looking notices ... we're on 6.0-BETA5 > in the office now, dunno if it's related ;-), basically, during > the kernel device probe. >=20 > It will stay on as long as a key isn't pressed. xdm "takes > over" after the boot process (I assume gdm/kdm would, too) > and so this is less "geeky" stuff to look at, I guess. It can > be a little confusing if you don't run an X based display > manager --- it'll stay on and cover up the login: prompt > on ttyv0, so a novice might well wonder "how long is this > going to take" while your box sits patiently waiting for > a login. >=20 > Note that this splash/bitmap also acts as a "screensaver" when > you're in console, AFAICT.=20 >=20 > HTH, >=20 > Kevin Kinsey Thanks very much - I will try it. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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