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Date:      Fri, 09 Jun 2000 05:08:21 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        K.J.Bosschaart@tue.nl
Cc:        FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, DuBBs2ooo <DuBBs2ooo@cfl.rr.com>
Subject:   Re: Splash Screen
Message-ID:  <200006090908.FAA00616@server.baldwin.CX>
In-Reply-To: <20000607190521.A2138@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl>

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On 07-Jun-00 Karel J. Bosschaart wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 11:15:16AM -0400, DuBBs2ooo wrote:
>> 
>> I tried setting up the splash screen in the /boot/defaults/loader.conf file
>                                                    ^^^^^^^^^^
> This file is not meant to be changed. Use /boot/loader.conf to put your
> overrides in there (it does not exist by default). My /boot/loader.conf
> looks like this:
> 
> splash_bmp_load=YES
> bitmap_load=YES
> bitmap_name=beastie_nebula.bmp
> 
> where beastie_nebula.bmp is a 320x200 bitmap with 8 bit color depth,
> residing in /boot. For larger resolutions you also need to load the vesa 
> module (up to 1024x768). See 'man loader.conf' for more options and info.
> 
>> and when the system rebooted it didn't display the screen, a message
>> flashed on about it but my system booted too fast and I didn't get the
>> chance to catch what it said...out of curiosity, what size should the
>> splash bitmap be and what do the settings in the splash screen section of
>> the loader.conf file need to be set to?
>>
> Sizes are rather limited; www.baldwin.cx/splash used to contain a set of splash 
> screens that worked, but it appears down now. 

It is only down temporarily.  You can get to a mirror of it at
http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/splash/

> Karel.

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