From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 24 14:33:20 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from monsoon.mail.pipex.net (monsoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 828891531C for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2000 14:32:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 18676 invoked from network); 24 Jan 2000 22:28:56 -0000 Received: from userbf72.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.142.93) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 24 Jan 2000 22:28:56 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA01249; Mon, 24 Jan 2000 22:19:55 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 22:19:55 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: R Joseph Wright Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: splash screen at start up Message-ID: <20000124221955.D409@marder-1> References: <388CB742.DA6F36E1@nwlink.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <388CB742.DA6F36E1@nwlink.com> Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 12:34:10PM -0800, R Joseph Wright wrote: > My kernel config file has the option: > pseudo-device splash > I know this is used for the screensaver, but how do I use it show a > screen during boot up? > You will also need options "VM86" options VESA # needs VM86 defined too!! in your kernel config as well. Try the following in /boot/loader.rc (change ``/dawn.bmp'' to the name of a valid 256-colour Windows bitmap file, 320x200 in size if you video card doesn't have VBE on-chip). load /kernel load vesa load -t userconfig_script /kernel.config load -t splash_image_data /dawn.bmp load splash_bmp autoboot You will also need options "VM86" options VESA # needs VM86 defined too!! in your kernel config as well. HTH > -- > R Joseph Wright > > *I merely took the energy it takes to pout > and wrote some blues --Duke Ellington* > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- "there's a long-standing bug relating to the x86 architecture that allows you to install Windows too" -Matthew D. Fuller ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message