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Date:      Fri, 10 Dec 1999 16:19:45 -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:  <199912102119.QAA92348@server.baldwin.cx>
In-Reply-To: <PCEIIOODPEIJJFAGCCEFCEGNCCAA.jay@qtm.net>

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On 10-Dec-99 Network Admin [JPeterson] wrote:
> Oh here is a new one:
> {/boot}-=# dmesg | grep plash
> Preloaded splash_image_data "/boot/dawn.bmp" at 0xc0300188.
> Preloaded elf module "splash_bmp.ko" at 0xc03001d4.
> splash_bmp: No appropriate video mode found
> module_register_init: module_register(splash_bmp, c02fb694, 0) error 19

That's easy.  You tried to load a 640x480 BMP (or some other size > 320x200)
and your video card doesn't support that mode.  Type 'vidcontrol -i mode' to
see the list of modes you get to work with.  Only graphics modes with 8bpp can
work.

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