From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 10 16:33:32 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.twave.net (twave.net [206.100.228.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1053814EAF for ; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 16:33:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brameld@twave.net) Received: from [208.219.234.42] by mail.twave.net (NTMail 3.03.0018/1.abwg) with ESMTP id ma348958 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 19:33:05 -0500 Message-ID: <38519BE9.915DF0A1@twave.net> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 19:33:45 -0500 From: Walter Brameld X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.4-RC i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Network Admin [JPeterson]" Cc: Mark Ovens , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: splash screen / saver References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Network Admin [JPeterson]" wrote: > growl, grumble, moan, gripe, complain.. =) > > cat /boot/loader.rc > include /boot/loader.4th > load /kernel > load vesa > load -t userconfig_script /boot/kernel.config > load -t splash_image_data /boot/dawn.bmp > load splash_bmp > start > > the dawn.bmp I grabbed is called dawn-31.gif on your site, I saved it as a > bitmap.. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Ovens [mailto:mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org] > > Sent: Thursday, December 09, 1999 1:38 PM > > To: Network Admin [JPeterson] > > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: splash screen / saver > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 05:13:10AM -0500, Network Admin [JPeterson] wrote: > > > > > Alrighty.. I have been reading 'man splash' and the like for about a > > > week now and can't get this stupid thing to display the splash.bmp! > > > I have 'psudo-device splash' in the kernel config fileI am getting > > > /modules/splash_bmp.ko and /modules/vesa.ko loaded in the > > > loader.conf (I actually see them right before the Hit [Enter] to > > > boot immediately......) however I do not see the bitmap! I have > > > tried both a 640x480 and a 320x200 256color bmp called > > > /boot/splash.bmp > > > /boot/loader.conf has the following: > > > splash_bmp_load="YES" > > > vesa_load="YES" > > > bitmap_load="YES" > > > bitmap_name="/boot/splash.bmp" > > > > > > Any ideas? anything I missed? > > > Thanks! > > > I've been sort of following this thread. I seem to remember you showing your kernel config but I must have deleted that message, and I don't remember if this point was mentioned..... In your kernel configuration file, along with options "VM86", options "VESA" and device vga0 at isa? port ? conflicts, you also have to have an entry that says pseudo-device splash. Walt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message