Chris wrote: > Quoting "[LoN]Kamikaze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> Chris wrote: >>> Quoting "[LoN]Kamikaze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 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. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
