how to change freebsd15.1 shutdown_splash or disable it. ?

fff2024g · 2026-06-22T03:43:19+0100

hi. all:
i have configured
splash="xxx.png"
boot_mute="yes"
shutdown_splash"xxx.png"
in /boot/loader.conf.
just freebsd boot start splash was working. ... when i shutdown freebsd15.1. the shutdown_splash was not xxx.png , just freebsd-logo-rev ........how to change it. or disable shutdown splash. thanks.

even i delete /boot/images/freebsd-logo-revxxx.png file . freebsd15.1 shutdown still display a freebsd-logo-rev picture..... what is hiding in shutdown process ? thanks.

Espionage724 · 2026-06-22T03:48:27+0100

Iirc, with console="nullconsole" it'll just show the FreeBSD orb on boot and shutdown (no text)

fff2024g · 2026-06-22T04:02:22+0100

Espionage724 said:
Iirc, with console="nullconsole" it'll just show the FreeBSD orb on boot and shutdown (no text)

thanks. i have added console="nullconsole" in /boot/loader.conf. when i shutdown freebsd15.1 .the freebsd-logo-rev still display.

T-Daemon · 2026-06-22T13:44:16+0100

Tested in a VM, shutdown_splash works just fine.

In your case, if the variable is copied & pasted (not a manual transcript typo), the equal sign (=) is missing:

fff2024g said:
shutdown_splash"xxx.png"

Rich (BB code):

shutdown_splash="xxx.png"

fff2024g · 2026-06-23T01:30:38+0100

Dear T-Daemon :
thanks for your help. my shutdown_splash="xxx.png" . it's not work. i am sure the configuration was right... i just want to freebsd15.1 boot splash and disable shutdown splash . what vm version you have used ? i am using freebsd15.1 .thanks.

Andriy · 2026-06-23T08:45:06+0100

vt(4) driver has a built-in logo image, AFAICS.
It's used as a fallback if loader did not load any other shutdown splash image.

Maybe try to follow the defaults/loader.conf example and use a full path to your image file (if you are not doing that already)?

fff2024g · 2026-06-23T13:15:05+0100

Andriy said:
vt(4) driver has a built-in logo image, AFAICS.
It's used as a fallback if loader did not load any other shutdown splash image.

Maybe try to follow the defaults/loader.conf example and use a full path to your image file (if you are not doing that already)?

hi Andriy :
thanks. i have read /boot/default/loader.conf .
# Set boot_mute=YES to load these
splash="/boot/images/freebsd-logo-rev.png"
shutdown_splash="/boot/images/freebsd-logo-rev.png"

but when i changed shutdown_splash="xxx.png" in /boot/loader.conf . system poweroff will display freebsd-logo-rev.png . nothing change ...i think that is the bug ,or something hiden ... thanks.