From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Jul 14 21: 0: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38751154C0 for ; Wed, 14 Jul 1999 21:00:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id VAA19628; Wed, 14 Jul 1999 21:00:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 32767) id C89B1154B1; Wed, 14 Jul 1999 20:59:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <19990715035906.C89B1154B1@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 20:59:06 -0700 (PDT) From: jobaldwi@vt.edu To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 Subject: docs/12644: [PATCH] New FAQ entry: "How do I install splash screens and where?" Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 12644 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [PATCH] New FAQ entry: "How do I install splash screens and where?" >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Jul 14 21:00:01 PDT 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: John Baldwin >Release: n/a >Organization: >Environment: n/a >Description: A patch that contains a new FAQ entry for the X and syscons section that covers installation of splash screens, as well as a URL to find them at. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Index: x.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/cvs/doc/FAQ/x.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.8 diff -u -r1.8 x.sgml --- x.sgml 1999/04/10 00:03:58 1.8 +++ x.sgml 1999/07/15 03:20:51 @@ -368,5 +368,91 @@

Run the command + + + How do I install a splash screen and where do I find them? + + +

Just prior to the release of FreeBSD 3.1, a new feature was + added to allow the display of "splash" screens during + the boot messages. The splash screens currently must be a 256 + color bitmap (*.BMP) or ZSoft PCX + (*.PCX) file. In addition, they must have a + resolution of 320x200 or less to work on standard VGA adapters. + If you compile VESA support into your kernel, then you can use + larger bitmaps up to 1024x768. Note that VESA support requires + the VM86 kernel option to be compiled into the + kernel. The actual VESA support can either be compiled directly + into the kernel with the VESA kernel config option + or by loading the VESA kld module during bootup.

+ +

To use a splash screen, you need to modify the startup files + that control the boot process for FreeBSD. The files for this + changed prior to the release of FreeBSD 3.2, so there are now + two ways of loading a splash screen: + + + FreeBSD 3.1 + +

The first step is to find a bitmap version of your splash + screen. Release 3.1 only supports Windows bitmap splash + screens. Once you've found your splash screen of choice + copy it to /boot/splash.bmp. Next, you need to + have a /boot/loader.rc file that contains the + following lines: + + + load kernel + load -t splash_image_data /boot/splash.bmp + load splash_bmp + autoboot + + + + FreeBSD 3.2+ + +

In addition to adding support for PCX splash screens, + FreeBSD 3.2 includes a nicer way of configuring the boot + process. If you wish, you can use the method listed above + for FreeBSD 3.1. If you do and you want to use PCX, replace + splash_bmp with splash_pcx. If, + on the other hand, you want to use the newer boot + configuration, you need to create a + /boot/loader.rc file that contains the + following lines: + + + include /boot/loader.4th + start + + +

and a /boot/loader.conf that contains the + following: + + + splash_bmp_load="YES" + bitmap_load="YES" + + +

This assumes you are using /boot/splash.bmp + for your splash screen. If you'd rather use a PCX file, + copy it to /boot/splash.pcx, create a + /boot/loader.rc as instructed above, and + create a /boot/loader.conf that contains: + + + splash_pcx_load="YES" + bitmap_load="YES" + bitmap_name="/boot/splash.pcx" + + + + +

Now all you need is a splash screen. For that you can surf + on over to the gallery at .

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