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Date:      Thu, 09 Dec 1999 08:27:28 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Network Admin [JPeterson]" <jay@qtm.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: splash screen / saver
Message-ID:  <199912091327.IAA16975@server.baldwin.cx>
In-Reply-To: <PCEIIOODPEIJJFAGCCEFEEDECCAA.jay@qtm.net>

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On 09-Dec-99 Network Admin [JPeterson] wrote:
> Alrighty.. I have been reading 'man splash' and the like for about a week
> now and can't get this stupid thing to display the splash.bmp!
> I have 'psudo-device splash' in the kernel config fileI am getting
> /modules/splash_bmp.ko and /modules/vesa.ko loaded in the loader.conf (I
> actually see them right before the Hit [Enter] to boot immediately......)
> however I do not see the bitmap! I have tried both a 640x480 and a 320x200
> 256color bmp called /boot/splash.bmp
> /boot/loader.conf has the following:
> splash_bmp_load="YES"
> vesa_load="YES"
> bitmap_load="YES"
> bitmap_name="/boot/splash.bmp"
> 
> Any ideas? anything I missed?
> Thanks!

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