Beastie boot splash logo

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rmomota

Hi!

I'm using beastie boot logo at my system boot but unfortunately it goes away after few seconds for displaying system boot messages.
So I was wondering if the beastie boot splash logo is doing any boot procedures in background at same time or is just sleeping delaying boot for seconds doing absolutely nothing?
 
Legacy Boot has better support for splash. Particularly using sc console for that.
UEFI boot splash seems to only last until vt framebuffer video kicks in.
 
the question is, is the system doing anything while showing that splash or is it just a timed image display?
 
I think the image is an overlay while the system is working.
Not timed but I believe vt framebuffer changes video mode so image then goes away.
You can shutoff loader stuff.

Code: 
boot_mute="YES"
boot_verbose="NO"
beastie_disable="YES"
autoboot_delay=0


Note the excellent writeup here regarding VT color support versus sc.
stackoverflow.com

How to get 256 color support for FreeBSD headless console/terminal?

How can I get 256 color support on FreeBSD 13 headless machine using console/terminal? I have an overkill GPU "AMD Radeon PRO WX 2100" installed to the machine. Basically want to avoid a
stackoverflow.com stackoverflow.com

vt= 16 color splash
sc= 256 color splash
 
until the login prompt appears on the screen
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note entirely sure this is still accurate; as you pointed out earlier - this get cleared from screen by the framebuffer, drm-kmod et al. At least that's my experience with recent Intel based graphics cards.
 
Exactly. But that is written proof that splash is not a timed event. The image appears while kernel loading.
Terminates early due to various system events.
 
Ah, now I get it - I believe there's some confusion. Was wondering what grahamperrin was referring to. I believe he's pointing to the boot menu with the beastie logo on the side. That indeed *is* only counting down and doing nothing else.
 
cmoerz said:
… wondering what grahamperrin was referring to. I believe he's pointing to the boot menu with the beastie logo on the side. …
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True;

rmomota said:
… beastie boot logo at my system boot but unfortunately it goes away after few seconds …
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From the current edition of the FreeBSD Handbook:

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Strictly speaking: it's not Beastie (it's derived), and it's more than a splash screen (still, there's a splash).

Retro: jhb@ FreeBSD Splash Screens (2005-01-23)

Bonus: brand concept :)
 

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Phishfry said:
… I think the image is an overlay while the system is working. …
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These things are fine if the system will always work.

Generally, I don't encourage it because there's frustration if an end user can't easily tell why something is apparently stuck.

A relatively extreme example, with helloSystem:
Less dramatically, from 2021:

github.com

Live USB enhancement: Indicate start up progress, otherwise user confused that system hung · Issue #268 · helloSystem/ISO

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Booted the 0.5 Live USB on an old Thinkpad X230. On first attempt, system seemed to hang at the FreeBSD logo. Checked documentation an...
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