Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 15:49:35 +0200 (EET) From: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> To: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.1 splash screen resolution Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990314154904.4041A-100000@turkey.ispro.net.tr> In-Reply-To: <19990314133409.C269@marder-1.localhost>
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well maybe the problem is about your graphics card? for example my old S3 1mb graphic cards does not support 640x480 either... On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, Mark Ovens wrote: > I can't get the splash screen in 3.1 to work at greater than 320x200 > resolution (it works fine at 320x200). > > I've got ``options VESA'' in my kernel, and just to make sure I've > added ``load vesa'' to /boot/loader.rc. > > The document http://www.freebsd.org/~yokota/sc_update.txt contains > the following: > > > Last update: 4 Feb. 1999. > Kazutaka YOKOTA > yokota@FreeBSD.ORG > > [....] > > Q. I loaded kernel, a bitmap file and the splash_bmp module as instructed, > but got the following error. What gives? > > Preloaded elf module "splash_bmp.ko" at XXXXXX. > module_register_init: module_register(splash_bmp, YYYYYY, 0) error 19 > > A. The current version of splash_bmp.ko is very limited. The color > depth must be 8 bpp (256 color), and the size must be 320x200 or > smaller if the VESA support is not included in the kernel. > If your BMP file doesn't satisfy these conditions, splash_bmp.ko > will return error 19 (ENODEV). If the VESA support is compiled > in the kernel or the VESA modules is preloaded by the boot loader, > larger bitmap may be used. > > Another possible cause of error is that the video driver finds it > unable to switch video modes on your video card and splash_bmp.ko > is failing. Run the `dmesg' command and see if it shows something > like "...video mode switching is only partially supported..." > among boot messages. There is no fix for this at the moment. Sorry. > > I get error 19 from splash_bmp.ko. I've checked that the BMP complies > with the requirements, it's 640x480x256 colours. If the problem is > that the video driver can't switch video modes on the card the I > should get the error described, but I don't. > > Has anyone any idea what's wrong??. Thanks > > My /boot/loader.rc: > > load /kernel > load -t userconfig_script /kernel.config > load -t splash_image_data /dawn.bmp > load vesa > load splash_bmp > autoboot > > The relevant parts of dmesg: > > > Copyright (c) 1992-1999 FreeBSD Inc. > Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE #1: Sun Mar 14 10:14:16 GMT 1999 > marko@marder-1:/usr/src/sys/compile/MARDER-1 > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz > Timecounter "TSC" frequency 233864725 Hz > CPU: AMD-K6tm w/ multimedia extensions (233.86-MHz 586-class CPU) > Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x562 Stepping=2 > Features=0x8001bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,MMX> > real memory = 67108864 (65536K bytes) > config> disable sio3 > config> pnp 1 0 os enable port0 0x220 port1 0x530 port2 0x388 port3 0x370 > config> pnp 1 0 irq0 5 drq0 1 drq1 5 > config> q > avail memory = 61882368 (60432K bytes) > Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xf0331000. > Preloaded userconfig_script "/kernel.config" at 0xf033109c. > Preloaded splash_image_data "/dawn.bmp" at 0xf03310e8. > Preloaded elf module "vesa.ko" at 0xf0331130. > Preloaded elf module "splash_bmp.ko" at 0xf03311cc. > VESA: v2.0, 4096k memory, flags:0x0, mode table:0xf032c012 (1000022) > VESA: ATI MACH64 > module_register_init: module_register(splash_bmp, f032d5dc, 0) error 19 > > [...] > > vga0: <ATI model 4750 graphics accelerator> rev 0x5c on pci0.8.0 > > [....] > > vga0 at 0x3b0-0x3df maddr 0xa0000 msize 131072 on isa > > Details of the bitmap: > > # file /dawn.bmp > /dawn.bmp: PC bitmap data, Windows 3.x format, 640 x 480 x 8 > > -- > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov > _______________________________________________________________ > Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK > CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry > mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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