docs/54009: Clarify the location of the splash image in the splash man page
Siegbert.Baude at lilith.wh-wurm.uni-ulm.de
Siegbert.Baude at lilith.wh-wurm.uni-ulm.de
Wed Jul 2 12:10:20 UTC 2003
>Number: 54009
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: Clarify the location of the splash image in the splash man page
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Jul 02 05:10:18 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Siegbert Baude
>Release: FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
Universitaet Ulm
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD lilith 5.1-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT #6: Fri Jun 27 08:19:44 CEST 2003 toor at lilith:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LILITH i386
>Description:
The splash.4 man page is not clear, where the actual splash image should be
placed. After having read the man page, I thought it should go to /boot, when
in fact it should go to /boot/kernel.
I added this information to the man page.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Apply the following patch to the man page splash.4:
--- splash.4 Wed Jul 2 13:46:42 2003
+++ splash.4.new Wed Jul 2 13:48:22 2003
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@
screen saver modules
.It Pa /boot/kernel/vesa.ko
the VESA support module
+.It Pa /boot/kernel/splash.bmp
+the default splash image
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
In order to load the splash screen or the screen saver, you must
@@ -196,7 +198,7 @@
.Ed
.Pp
In the above example, the file
-.Pa chuck.bmp
+.Pa /boot/kernel/chuck.bmp
is loaded.
In the following example, the VESA module
is loaded so that a bitmap file which cannot be displayed in standard
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
More information about the freebsd-doc
mailing list