splash

[Chris]

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.

--Chris

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