splashscreen

[paulfrottawa]

Hello
I'm trying to get a spashscreen working with FreeBSD. I learned by trial you have to put mesa_load on top of others modules in /boot/loader.conf. To get X dual display working
I've done it 9 yrs ago but I can't anymore.
Does anyone know how. I using drm_kmod as a driver that works i915kms.

I have the image 1024*768. I'll upload the picture in png format.

 

[Geezer]

I don't think splash has been working for years, or for many version of Freebsd.

Nearest thing you can use now, which you cannot customise, is boot_mute="YES" in loader.conf .

 

[Phishfry]

I messed with splash on sc(4)
/boot/loader.conf

#splash_bmp_load="YES"
#bitmap_load="YES"
#bitmap_name="/boot/freebsd.bmp"

It took some fooling around until I found a good aspect ratio for the bitmap.

vt(4) does have some pre-defined bitmaps.
cat /boot/defaults/loader.conf|grep orb

#loader_logo="orbbw"        # Desired logo: orbbw, orb, fbsdbw, beastiebw, beastie, none

 

[Phishfry]

Sorry those are only logo's for the boot loader screen. Not a splash screen.

The bmp's on sc(4) do work but in addition to image aspect ratio I also had to reduce image file size.
A 12meg image would not load while a 2 meg one works. It could be different bmp types.

The problem with splash on sc(4) is no DRM driver works, so no Xorg unless you use the VESA driver.

210432 – vt(4) does not support boot time splash screen

bugs.freebsd.org

 

[BaronBS]

A think the only thing close to a native boot splash screen is this:

PS.: The configs for this boot layout you can find in my git repo at my signature. This Vermaden article explain everything.

 

[paulfrottawa]

I messed with splash on sc(4)
/boot/loader.conf

#splash_bmp_load="YES"
#bitmap_load="YES"
#bitmap_name="/boot/freebsd.bmp"

It took some fooling around until I found a good aspect ratio for the bitmap.

vt(4) does have some pre-defined bitmaps.
cat /boot/defaults/loader.conf|grep orb

#loader_logo="orbbw"        # Desired logo: orbbw, orb, fbsdbw, beastiebw, beastie, none

what was the aspect ratio please