From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 27 23:42:33 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FFB816A4EE for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 23:42:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C1CC43D31 for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 23:42:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from [192.168.254.11] (junior-wifi.samsco.home [192.168.254.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j3RNkdvc019872; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:46:40 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Message-ID: <4270228B.5070407@samsco.org> Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:38:51 -0600 From: Scott Long User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20050218 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sam Lawrance References: <57436.216.177.243.42.1114582155.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> <426FDE69.8090909@samsco.org> <1114644537.45212.74.camel@dirk.no.domain> In-Reply-To: <1114644537.45212.74.camel@dirk.no.domain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=3.8 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on pooker.samsco.org cc: /dev/null cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot banner project X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 23:42:33 -0000 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