Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 19:05:21 +0200 From: "Karel J. Bosschaart" <karelj@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl> To: DuBBs2ooo <DuBBs2ooo@cfl.rr.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Splash Screen Message-ID: <20000607190521.A2138@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <200006071515.LAA06582@smtp-server.tampabay.rr.com>; from DuBBs2ooo@cfl.rr.com on Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 11:15:16AM -0400 References: <200006071515.LAA06582@smtp-server.tampabay.rr.com>
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On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 11:15:16AM -0400, DuBBs2ooo wrote:
>
> I tried setting up the splash screen in the /boot/defaults/loader.conf file
^^^^^^^^^^
This file is not meant to be changed. Use /boot/loader.conf to put your
overrides in there (it does not exist by default). My /boot/loader.conf
looks like this:
splash_bmp_load=YES
bitmap_load=YES
bitmap_name=beastie_nebula.bmp
where beastie_nebula.bmp is a 320x200 bitmap with 8 bit color depth,
residing in /boot. For larger resolutions you also need to load the vesa
module (up to 1024x768). See 'man loader.conf' for more options and info.
> and when the system rebooted it didn't display the screen, a message
> flashed on about it but my system booted too fast and I didn't get the
> chance to catch what it said...out of curiosity, what size should the
> splash bitmap be and what do the settings in the splash screen section of
> the loader.conf file need to be set to?
>
Sizes are rather limited; www.baldwin.cx/splash used to contain a set of splash
screens that worked, but it appears down now.
Karel.
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