From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Jan 13 16:40:30 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B42037B405 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 16:40:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp802.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp802.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.168.181]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 49A9E43ED8 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 16:40:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fscked@pacbell.net) Received: from adsl-64-171-189-229.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net (HELO pacbell.net) (fscked@pacbell.net@64.171.189.229 with plain) by smtp-sbc-v1.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Jan 2003 00:40:28 -0000 Message-ID: <3E235C85.930C0B79@pacbell.net> Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 16:40:38 -0800 From: richard childers / kg6hac X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lewiz Cc: FreeBSD-mobile , FreeBSD-questions Subject: Re: splash_bmp_load problems. References: <20030113223523.GA1054@lewiz.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org "bitmap_load="NO" bitmap_name="/boot/splash.pcx" splash_pcx_load="NO" I was looking at the splash(4) stuff myself last week, and I seemed to recall it expected a '.bmp' file, by default. I note this is described (see above) as a type '.pcx' file, and further, that you seem to have 'splash_pcx_load' set to 'NO'. Could this inconsistency be the cause of problems? -- richard lewiz wrote: > Hi, > > This might seem a bit of a silly question to be asking. It's a bit > pointless really but I can't figure out why it shouldn't work. > > I tried setting a 800x600 256 color bitmap as my splash bmp. The same > bitmap works just fine on another machine (that isn't a laptop). > Basically, while the modules are all loaded nicely I get a squashed and > repeated image in the upper section of the screen. It's no more than > 1/5th of the screen's height and it's repeated horizontally about four > or five times. Any idea what might cause this? > > My /boot/loader.conf reads: > > bitmap_load="NO" > bitmap_name="/boot/splash.pcx" > splash_pcx_load="NO" > > I have the VESA compiled into my kernel for the 800x600 mode (I also > had the same problem with a smaller bitmap. PCX files result in the > same problem also). > > Many thanks, > > -lewiz. > > -- > However, never daunted, I will cope with adversity in my traditional > manner ... sulking and nausea. > -- Tom K. Ryan > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --|| url: http://lewiz.info/ | http://www.westwood.karoo.net/pgpkey ||-- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message