From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Fri May 20 16:20:08 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42889B44A16 for ; Fri, 20 May 2016 16:20:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@ixsystems.com) Received: from barracuda.ixsystems.com (barracuda.ixsystems.com [12.229.62.30]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.ixsystems.com", Issuer "Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 255CB1D1F for ; Fri, 20 May 2016 16:20:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@ixsystems.com) X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1463761206-08ca045f691c8fd0001-XDYc8F Received: from zimbra.ixsystems.com ([10.246.0.20]) by barracuda.ixsystems.com with ESMTP id H7UCZlWBLieQNkio (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 20 May 2016 09:20:06 -0700 (PDT) X-Barracuda-Envelope-From: kris@ixsystems.com X-Barracuda-RBL-Trusted-Forwarder: 10.246.0.20 X-ASG-Whitelist: Client Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.ixsystems.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B898CA8C07 for ; Fri, 20 May 2016 09:20:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zimbra.ixsystems.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.ixsystems.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id 7QXE6f59VXMJ for ; Fri, 20 May 2016 09:20:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.ixsystems.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88C1FCA8C11 for ; Fri, 20 May 2016 09:20:05 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ixsystems.com Received: from zimbra.ixsystems.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.ixsystems.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id 0JEMgDmyWCSK for ; Fri, 20 May 2016 09:20:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.20.1.10] (unknown [10.20.1.10]) by zimbra.ixsystems.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3D6CBCA8C07 for ; Fri, 20 May 2016 09:20:05 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: newcons splash screen To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: newcons splash screen References: <1684648736.1635551.1463747238790.JavaMail.zimbra@pcbsd.org> <573F3611.1060607@club.fr> From: Kris Moore Message-ID: Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 12:20:04 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <573F3611.1060607@club.fr> X-Barracuda-Connect: UNKNOWN[10.246.0.20] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1463761206 X-Barracuda-Encrypted: ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 X-Barracuda-URL: https://10.246.0.26:443/cgi-mod/mark.cgi X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at ixsystems.com X-Barracuda-BRTS-Status: 1 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 20 May 2016 17:20:06 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 16:20:08 -0000 On 05/20/16 12:06 PM, Juan Ram=F3n Molina Menor wrote: >> Hello, >> is it possible to use a splash screen yet with newcons? I've been >> looking at the source code for VT, and it would appear there has been >> some work done towards this? >> >> https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/blob/master/sys/dev/vt/vt.h=20 >> Also the wiki page shows limited support: >> >> https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons=20 >> I've tried the standard method of enabling a splash screen but it of >> course does not work. I don't think I was able to get it to work with >> syscons either whereas it used to work. >> >> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/boot-splash.html=20 >> Is there another way? Or is it still not ready yet? >> >> Joe Maloney > Hi! > > Maybe you are already aware of it, but in 2014 there was a Google > Summer of Code project on improving the bootsplash: > https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2014/Bootsplash > > It worked well with sc(4), but I don=92t know wether it applies to vt(4= )=85 > > Juan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" That project was done right before/during the conversion to Vt/NewCons. It is not vt aware :( --=20 Kris Moore iXsystems Enterprise Storage & Servers Driven By Open Source