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[[LoN]Kamikaze]

Chris wrote:
> Quoting "[LoN]Kamikaze" <LoN_Kamikaze at gmx.de>:
>>
>> Chris wrote:
>>> Quoting "[LoN]Kamikaze" <LoN_Kamikaze at 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 am right. I was forced to change the size many times to get the
> image to look correct and 320x200 did the trick. I don't switch to
> 1024x768 on my 20" monitor until I start X11. Perhaps this explains
> the difference.
> 

This might be a problem with the VESA compliance of your video card. But
generally, it does work. I'm using a 1024x768x8 splash image on several
machines with ATI and NVIDIA cards.