From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue May 6 19:13:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA23792 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 6 May 1997 19:13:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from panda.hilink.com.au (panda.hilink.com.au [203.2.144.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA23768 for ; Tue, 6 May 1997 19:13:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from danny@localhost) by panda.hilink.com.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id MAA27866; Wed, 7 May 1997 12:17:09 +1000 (EST) Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 12:17:08 +1000 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2 Splashkit In-Reply-To: <199705070134.LAA15978@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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