Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 18:28:23 -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: <199912092328.SAA93998@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <PCEIIOODPEIJJFAGCCEFCEFACCAA.jay@qtm.net>
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On 09-Dec-99 Network Admin [JPeterson] wrote:
>> > {~}-=# dmesg | grep splash
>> > Preloaded elf module "splash_bmp.ko" at 0xc02c20ec.
>> > module_register_init: module_register(splash_bmp, c02b7694, 0) error 2
>> ^^^^^^^
>>
>> Well, this is the relevant info. :) Do you actually have a
>> splash screen in a
>> bitmap file named "splash.bmp" in the "/boot" directory?
>
> Yes, I do .. one that I found from the site mentioned in the FAQ
> (dawn-31.bmp I think it was)
>
> {/}-=# find boot | grep bmp
> boot/splash.bmp
> {/}-=# ls -l boot/splash.bmp
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 257078 Dec 9 05:07 boot/splash.bmp
Hmm. Does the image display fine in X using xv(1) or some other similar tool?
Netscape might have gotten confused when you d/l'd it and might have treated it
as an ASCII file or something silly like that.
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