From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 26 8: 5:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BDC637B401 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 08:05:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.bellavista.cz (mail.bellavista.cz [62.168.44.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4550343EA9 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 08:05:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: from freepuppy.bellavista.cz (freepuppy.bellavista.cz [10.0.0.10]) by mail.bellavista.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74DC3294; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 17:05:32 +0100 (CET) Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 453DC2FDB49; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 17:05:31 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 17:05:31 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Bill Moran Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Do boot-time splash screens work? Message-ID: <20021226160531.GD348@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Bill Moran , questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG # bill_moran2@hotmail.com / 2002-12-26 10:42:13 -0500: > A month or so ago I was trying to get Chuck's smiling > face on my machine during boot up. I followed the > instructions in man splash, but no dice. Same old > probing screen. > > Does this even work? I tried doing it a year or so > ago and couldn't get it working then. I recently > re-installed FreeBSD (new, bigger HDD!) and was going > to try it again, but I don't want to spend time on it > if (for example) it simply doesn't work. I used pretty splash screens at two points in the past on different hardware without any problems I could remember. Could you show us your configuration? -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message