From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 10 14:52:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from garcon.qtm.net (qtm.net [206.53.233.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE73915458; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 14:52:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jay@qtm.net) Received: from ENFORCER (enforcer.qtm.net [216.163.32.5]) by garcon.qtm.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id RAA03518; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 17:52:10 -0500 (EST) From: "Network Admin [JPeterson]" To: "John Baldwin" Cc: Subject: RE: splash screen / saver Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 17:52:03 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <199912102214.RAA98915@server.baldwin.cx> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG YESS!!!!!!!! that worked =) I grabbed a 320x200 image and popped it in there, rebooted and SAW IT! ok one more question then I'll leave y`all alone (about this issue at least!) When I want to change the image, any way to do it without rebooting? i.e. if I am using the image as my screen saver as well.. can I copy a new image in there and execute a command to re-cache the new bmp? Thanks so SO much!!! =) > -----Original Message----- > From: John Baldwin [mailto:jhb@FreeBSD.org] > Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 5:14 PM > To: Network Admin [JPeterson] > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org > Subject: RE: splash screen / saver > > > > On 10-Dec-99 Network Admin [JPeterson] wrote: > > {~} -=# vidcontrol -i mode | grep 640x480 > > 26 (0x01a) 0x00000003 G 640x480x4 4 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0x00000000 > > 0k > > 27 (0x01b) 0x00000003 G 640x480x4 4 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0x00000000 > > 0k > > The x4 means they are 4 bits per pixel, i.e. 2^4, or 16 colors. > The splash > modules only work with 8 bpp, or 256 color, modes. Your video > card doesn't > fully support VESA, so you are stuck using 320x200 splash screens. > > -- > > John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ > PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc > "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message