Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 12:17:08 +1000 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2 Splashkit Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970507121350.4479x-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199705070134.LAA15978@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Wed, 7 May 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > Randall Hopper stands accused of saying: > > > > I'd leave it enabled in my kernel with a nifty picture if it would > > auto-dismiss itself when booting gets to the syscons login prompt. > > Hmm, I don't actually think it should disappear with the login prompt; > it should stay there being pretty if the system isn't being dinked with. What about an IOCTL call which can turn the splash screen on and off? Or a sysctl variable which can be set to the number of minutes idle time on the console before the splash screen is re-established. Setting it to 0 would disable the splash. > > - A MSW95 LOGO.SYS converter for lifting cool pre-built splash pages > > of the net and flipping them into FreeBSD :-) (Slap me, I'm dreaming :-) > > I'm sure they're just BMP images slapped on the back of an executable... Any chance of a program which can just patch /kernel directly? > Basically, I'm strapped for time (2 assignments and a 10min presentation > 1000km away to complete in the next week, and then it's exam-cram time) > just now, but I'll bear this in mind next I get a chance to work on it. Good luck with the exams and presentation. Another trip to Melbourne? Danny
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