splash

[Chris]

Quoting "[LoN]Kamikaze" <LoN_Kamikaze at gmx.de>:

>
>
> 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.

No kidding? These are the same brands I'm using. The ATI's are PCI 
(onboard ATI - TYAN SMP motherboards) and the nVidia's are AGP. They're
"higher end" models as well. Must be the way I build the kernel
regarding boot/ console. Oh well, no complaints. Just interesting to
hear.

--Chris

>



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