From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Jul 8 3:29:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from smtp4.erols.com (smtp4.erols.com [207.172.3.237]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2635714C81 for ; Thu, 8 Jul 1999 03:29:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jobaldwi@vt.edu) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (207-172-143-79.s16.as1.hgt.md.dialup.rcn.com [207.172.143.79]) by smtp4.erols.com (8.8.8/smtp-v1) with ESMTP id GAA15478; Thu, 8 Jul 1999 06:29:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199907081029.GAA15478@smtp4.erols.com> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 06:29:39 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Randy Bush Subject: Re: Splash Screens (was Re: 3.2-RELEASE Feedback) Cc: FreeBSD Stable Cc: FreeBSD Stable , Randall Hopper Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 04-Jul-99 Randy Bush wrote: > so, i hacked my /boot/loader.conf.local to be > > splash_bmp_load="YES" > vesa_load="YES" > bitmap_load="YES" > bitmap_name="/boot/splash.bmp" > bitmap_type="splash_image_data" > > install a 1024x768 /boot/spalsh.bmp > > but i get > > Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc04df000. > Preloaded elf module "splash_bmp.ko" at 0xc04df09c. > Preloaded elf module "vesa.ko" at 0xc04df140. > link_elf: symbol vm86_intcall undefined > Preloaded splash_image_data "/boot/splash.bmp" at 0xc04df1dc. > module_register_init: module_register(splash_bmp, c0295624, 0) error 19 > Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: > > and no spash, of course. > > 3.2-stable+pao > vaio 505tx Run vidcontrol -i mode to see what modes your VGA BIOS supports. Some BIOS's are cheap and require a TSR to support VESA, e.g. ATI Rage PRO 3D, and with these you are stuck with 320x200. > randy --- John Baldwin -- http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message