Thanks I will try that. :) On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 2:38 PM Travis Paul <t...@vispaul.me> wrote:
> > On Apr 11, 2019, at 1:12 PM, Jay Patel <jaypatel....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Travis, > > I have image path in boot loader "menu=Boot NetBSD:vesa 1280x800;splash > /logo.gif;boot netbsd" but it wont show up. Is there anything else to be > done besides kernel options? > > > Hi Jay, > > I believe you also need to use either genfb or radeonfb. The splash screen > is also very picky about the image format[1]. > > All of the NetBSD systems I have right now are headless, so I built a > kernel in Virtualbox and got the splash screen to load a gif[2] by changing > the following in GENERIC > > $ diff -u GENERIC MYGENERIC > --- GENERIC 2019-03-03 07:11:50.989103363 +0000 > +++ MYGENERIC 2019-04-11 08:28:45.739640931 +0000 > @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ > # enable VGA raster mode capable of displaying multilingual text on > console > #options VGA_RASTERCONSOLE > # enable splash screen support; requires genfb or radeonfb > -#options SPLASHSCREEN > +options SPLASHSCREEN > > # Kernel root file system and dump configuration. > config netbsd root on ? type ? > @@ -411,10 +411,11 @@ > options PMS_SYNAPTICS_TOUCHPAD # Enable support for Synaptics > Touchpads > options PMS_ELANTECH_TOUCHPAD # Enable support for Elantech > Touchpads > options PMS_ALPS_TOUCHPAD # Enable support for Alps Touchpads > -vga* at pci? dev ? function ? > +#vga* at pci? dev ? function ? > genfb* at pci? dev ? function ? > options VCONS_DRAW_INTR > -wsdisplay* at vga? console ? > +wsdisplay* at genfb? > +#wsdisplay* at vga? console ? > wsdisplay* at wsemuldisplaydev? > wskbd* at pckbd? console ? > wsmouse* at pms? mux 0 > > > And at the boot prompt: > > > vesa 800x600 > > splash /netbsd.gif > > boot /netbsd > > Interestingly, the splash screen never seems to go away until I reboot the > system. I think there might be something you have to do to clear it, maybe > via rc.d? > Sorry for the lack of specifics, it’s been a long time since I've tried it! > > [1] https://nxr.netbsd.org/xref/src/sys/dev/stbi/stb_image.c#5 > [2] https://us-east.manta.joyent.com/tpaul/public/netbsd/splash/netbsd.gif > > > -- Jay Patel *https://www.unitedbsd.com/ <https://unitedbsd.com/>* *usually found @ https://riot.im/app/#/room/#bsd:matrix.org <https://riot.im/app/#/room/%23bsd:matrix.org>*
