From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jan 8 04:34:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA09595 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 04:34:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp4.portal.net.au [202.12.71.104]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id EAA09565; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 04:33:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA00451; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 22:57:43 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801081227.WAA00451@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: sos@FreeBSD.ORG cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), lcremean@tidalwave.net, atf3r@cs.virginia.edu, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Splash screen (splashkit) for 3.0 systems... In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 08 Jan 1998 12:59:22 BST." <199801081159.MAA28453@sos.freebsd.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 22:57:42 +1030 From: Mike Smith Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id EAA09572 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > Look at libvgl, it has all the functions you need, you just obtain > the mem pointer differently (usr vs kernel space). > I'll put in the mentioned modes... OK, ta. > > to be set properly on the first call to scinit(). I'm still not happy > > with the current splash model; I'm leaning towards the splash being > > effectively a separate console, rather than being attached to a "normal" > > console. > > Hmm, I dont see the splash as a console at all, I see it as a function > that takes over the physical video HW, sortof like the screensavers, > all console bufs etc should be untouched... That's more or less what I meant; it's not something that happens on a console per se, but rather a state apart. I hadn't thought of putting it in the same class as the screensavers though, that's probably a better way altogether. 8) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\