From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 9 17:13:29 2003 Return-Path: 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 35D9037B401 for ; Wed, 9 Jul 2003 17:13:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.rz.uni-ulm.de (gemini.rz.uni-ulm.de [134.60.246.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CD4843FBF for ; Wed, 9 Jul 2003 17:13:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Siegbert.Baude@gmx.de) Received: from gmx.de (lilith.wh-wurm.uni-ulm.de [134.60.106.64]) by mail.rz.uni-ulm.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6A0DPBV024381 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 10 Jul 2003 02:13:25 +0200 (MEST) Message-ID: <3F0CAFAA.2080103@gmx.de> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 02:13:30 +0200 From: Siegbert Baude User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030611 Thunderbird/0.1a X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <3F0C9E69.6090902@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <3F0C9E69.6090902@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DCC-meer-Metrics: gemini 1035; Body=2 Fuz1=2 Fuz2=2 cc: Kevin Berrien Subject: Re: Can't get splash scr working - arg X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 00:13:29 -0000 Hi Kevin, > As I've been playing with FreeBSD 4.8 stable on a test box, I came > across the splash screen feature after building my own kernel. Figured > I'd give it a try for the heck of it. > > Anyways, I've had no success! I've followed the various (not always > identical) tutorials on www.baldwin.cx/splash/, free-bsd.org & the > manual page. Other than my kernel my install is stock 4.8. I'm I > missing something obvious? Anyone know if a better tutorial? I just fiddled myself with the splash screen, but in CURRENT, so I don't know, if what I say is correct for STABLE, too. First, what is the resolution and color depth of your image? Just type file your_image.bmp to get this info. If it is more than 320 pixels broad you need the VESA-mode preloaded into the kernel to make it work. Thus your graphics card must support this VESA modes in its BIOS, without the use of any DOS TSR programs, as this was the case for many older cards. Check the documentation for your card. The problem in CURRENT is, that the image is looked for in the path for the kernel modules, i.e. /boot/kernel;/boot/modules. If the image is located outside these directories you have to use absolute paths. Check http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=docs/54009 for this. If this doesn't work, please send as the output of the relevant dmesg lines, i.e. the beginning, where the kernel modules are preloaded and some message about the splash module should appear. Ciao Siegbert