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Date:      Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:00:34 +0200
From:      "[LoN]Kamikaze" <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de>
To:        Chris <bsd@1command.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: splash
Message-ID:  <4434F4D2.2080708@gmx.de>
In-Reply-To: <20060406033849.r454nl98kks8sk0s@webmail.1command.com>
References:  <4434CA1F.5030506@rackspace.com> <4434E43D.7010908@gmx.de> <20060406033849.r454nl98kks8sk0s@webmail.1command.com>

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Chris wrote:
> Quoting "[LoN]Kamikaze" <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de>:
> 
>>
>>
>> Daniel Anson wrote:
>>> I would like to have a splash display during boot.  I have edited the
>>> loader.rc to include only include /boot/loader.4th and start.  The
>>> loader.conf, i put only splash_bmp_load="YES" and bitmap_load="YES".  It
>>> dosent work.  Where am I going wrong.
>>>
>>>
>>> Any help appreciated.
>>>
>>> Daniel - BSD rocks!
>>
>> These settings work fine on my system:
>> # splash screen settings
>> splash_bmp_load="YES"
>> bitmap_load="YES"
>> bitmap_name="/boot/splash.bmp"
>>
>> Note that you can only use 256 colour Bitmap images.
> 
> and size should be 320x200
> Last time I used one anyway.
> 
> --Chris
> 

You are wrong.

I use 1024x768 because that is the native screen resolution of my
Notebook, but any VESA supported resolution should work.



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