RFR: A "Boot Time Splash Screens" Section to the Handbook

[Gabor PALI]

Hello,

Tom Rhodes wrote:
> Gabor PALI <pgj at freebsd.org> wrote:
>> Note for native speakers:  please, review!
> 
> You asked.  :P

Thank you very-very much. I accepted and merged all of your suggestions,
so I only answer the parts where I have comments.

[..]
> +	  at the virtual console login prompt at boot time, but go
> +	  directly to the X11 desktop display manager's graphical login
> +	  screen.  Popular choices are <application>XDM</application>,
> +	  the display manager of &xorg;, <application>gdm</application>
> +	  for <application>GNOME</application>, and
> +	  <application>kdm</application> for
> +	  <application>KDE</application>, but any other display manager
> +	  found in the Ports Collection could be used.  These display
> 
> Not sure about this sentence either.  :(
[..]
> +	  <para>At boot time with the <quote>splash screen</quote>
> +	    enabled, a few boot loader messages still could be seen leading
> +	    up to and including the boot options menu, and a timed wait
> +	    count down prompt before the <quote>splash screen</quote> is
> +	    displayed.</para>
> 
> This sentence is a bit much.

Okay, I tried to rephrase both of them, I hope you will like it.


> +
> +	  <para>Sample splash screen files can be downloaded from the
> +	    gallery at <ulink
> +	      url="http://www.baldwin.cx/splash/"></ulink>.</para>
> +	</sect4>

martinko wrote:

> IIRC even with VESA there's a limit of 1024x768 for boot splash images.
> 
> You may want to mention sysutils/bsd-splash-changer port with which you
> can have splash image chosen from your collection randomly at each boot.

Sorry that I missed it, but this time I added a sentence about this,
too.  I tested the maximum resolution, and splash screens are supported
only up to 1024x768, indeed.  I changed the limits to reflect this.


> +	  <para>There are another two possible interesting
> +	    <filename>loader.conf</filename> options.</para>
> 
> Not sure about this one.

Rephrased.


> Hope that helps.

Of course!  Thank you again.


Here is the next iteration:

(patch version):
http://people.freebsd.org/~pgj/patches/2008/12/02/splash.screen.section.patch.diff

(HTML version):
http://people.freebsd.org/~pgj/patches/2008/12/02/html/boot-blocks.html#BOOT-SPLASH


Regards,
:g