On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 09:25:46AM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote: > FWIW, most of the time machines boot without _anyone_ > watching anyway. If you need to see the boot messages, > you ssh into the box and type "dmesg -a" or look at the > file /var/run/dmesg.boot (and /var/log/console.log > which can be enabled via /etc/syslog.conf).
Yes, and usually if I'm standing in front of a server watching it boot it's because there's something wrong, so I _WANT_ to see the boot messages in order to diagnose it :) bootsplash is kind of fun for desktops, but not really necessary and it wastes kernel memory that you never get back. That being said, I can see a place for SC_PIXEL_MODE, especially on laptops that don't stretch to native resolution so your console ends up being a tiny box in the middle of the screen. I only wish 1024x768x4 worked right as (on most cheap video hardware anyway) pushing all the data for 16-bit modes though VESA is quite slow. As it's mostly an IO bandwidth issue, the planar modes should be faster. I can get 800x600x8 working and it's definitely quicker than 800x600x16. Craig _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"