Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 14:09:44 +0200 (CEST) From: Siegbert.Baude@lilith.wh-wurm.uni-ulm.de To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/54009: Clarify the location of the splash image in the splash man page Message-ID: <200307021209.h62C9iti000812@lilith.wh-wurm.uni-ulm.de> Resent-Message-ID: <200307021210.h62CAI3H006704@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 54009 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Clarify the location of the splash image in the splash man page >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Jul 02 05:10:18 PDT 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Siegbert Baude >Release: FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT i386 >Organization: Universitaet Ulm >Environment: System: FreeBSD lilith 5.1-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT #6: Fri Jun 27 08:19:44 CEST 2003 toor@lilith:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LILITH i386 >Description: The splash.4 man page is not clear, where the actual splash image should be placed. After having read the man page, I thought it should go to /boot, when in fact it should go to /boot/kernel. I added this information to the man page. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Apply the following patch to the man page splash.4: --- splash.4 Wed Jul 2 13:46:42 2003 +++ splash.4.new Wed Jul 2 13:48:22 2003 @@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ screen saver modules .It Pa /boot/kernel/vesa.ko the VESA support module +.It Pa /boot/kernel/splash.bmp +the default splash image .El .Sh EXAMPLES In order to load the splash screen or the screen saver, you must @@ -196,7 +198,7 @@ .Ed .Pp In the above example, the file -.Pa chuck.bmp +.Pa /boot/kernel/chuck.bmp is loaded. In the following example, the VESA module is loaded so that a bitmap file which cannot be displayed in standard >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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