Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:38:51 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Sam Lawrance <boris@brooknet.com.au> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot banner project Message-ID: <4270228B.5070407@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <1114644537.45212.74.camel@dirk.no.domain> References: <57436.216.177.243.42.1114582155.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> <426FDE69.8090909@samsco.org> <1114644537.45212.74.camel@dirk.no.domain>
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Sam Lawrance wrote: > On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 12:48 -0600, Scott Long wrote: > >>/dev/null wrote: >> >>>Hello any & all, >>> O.K. I feel I must preface this with an acknowledgment that I *know* >>>this is a silly project *because* given the *incredibly* long uptimes >>>that FreeBSD is known for. >>But<< for those *few* times when FreeBSDers >>>see a boot screen, shouldn't it look really nice? Shouldn't also be able >>>to reflect the Administrators tastes and personality? Well, this is the >>>premise for my attempting this project. But before I start, I want to >>>submit an RFC. So consider this an Request for comments. This is an >>>attempt to create a Graphical boot screen that initially has the >>>following layout: >>>(a fixed width font required to view the layout correctly) >>> -------------------------------------------------------- >>>| some | >>>| sort | >>>| of | >>>| graphic goes in this area | >>>|-------------------------------------------------------- >>>| boot | >>>| | >>>| messages | >>>| | >>>| seen | >>>| | >>>| here | >>>| bla... | >>>| bla... | >>>| bla... | >>>--------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>>-Chris >> >> >>Is it possible to do this without having to switch to an entirely >>raster-based console? Raster consoles (like what SuSE uses) have >>been discussed in the past, and the common thinking is that the >>loss in reliability and loss in speed is a significant issue to >>consider. > > > For a small, non-flashy banner, grab a stack of unused characters and > draw a logo into them. Much like what moused does to give us a nice > pointer-shaped pointer rather than an ugly block. > > It'll be 1-bit, but you can pick the foreground and background color in > each block from a selection of the most popular console text colours > ever :) > > I think you could allocate the top two rows of text to this and get a > nice effect without losing much. And no raster, either. > > ARGH! Bad memories of the TI-99/4A! Can we at least move up to Atari800 video technology? Scott
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