Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 15:37:50 -0500 From: "Network Admin [JPeterson]" <jay@qtm.net> To: "Mark Ovens" <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: splash screen / saver Message-ID: <PCEIIOODPEIJJFAGCCEFEEEICCAA.jay@qtm.net> In-Reply-To: <19991209183734.B322@marder-1>
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growl, grumble, moan, gripe, complain.. =) cat /boot/loader.rc include /boot/loader.4th load /kernel load vesa load -t userconfig_script /boot/kernel.config load -t splash_image_data /boot/dawn.bmp load splash_bmp start the dawn.bmp I grabbed is called dawn-31.gif on your site, I saved it as a bitmap.. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Ovens [mailto:mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org] > Sent: Thursday, December 09, 1999 1:38 PM > To: Network Admin [JPeterson] > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: splash screen / saver > > > On Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 05:13:10AM -0500, 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! > > > > Hmm, I don't have a /boot/loader.conf, all my splash stuff is in > /boot/loader.rc: > > load /kernel > load vesa > load -t userconfig_script /kernel.config > load -t splash_image_data /dawn.bmp > load splash_bmp > autoboot > > The splash screen (/dawn.bmp) works perfectly :) > > BTW, I'm running 3.3-STABLE (the same thing worked with 3.1-R as well) > > HTH > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > PERL has been described as "the duct tape of the Internet" > and "the Unix Swiss Army chainsaw" > - Computer Shopper 12/99 > ________________________________________________________________ > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ > mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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