Re: [Pcbsd-developer] animated bootup screen

[Andrei K. <an...@bs...>]

On Sunday 27 August 2006 9:14 pm, Mark Anthony Gutierrez wrote:
> Sorry forgot to post the URL:
> http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/gensplash/
> <http://dev.gentoo.org/%7Espock/projects/gensplash/>
>
> -Mark
>
> Mark Anthony Gutierrez wrote:
> > I found this project for Gentoo it's called gensplash, obviously the
> > project is specifically for Linux but it might shed some light on this
> > idea.
> >
> > -Mark
> >
> > Federico Lorenzi wrote:
> >> On Thursday 24 August 2006 17:05, Kris Moore - PC-BSD Software wrote:
> >>> So the point is still the same :) This would have to be developed and
> >>> submitted to FreeBSD guys. Anybody want to do it? :P
> >>
> >> Out of intrest, what would have to be developed, as per my understanding
> >> the boot screens use the same code as the screensavers, maybe the
> >> hardest part would actually be creating the screensaver (eg. bootscreen)
> >> i'm fidling around now to see if i can get the little bouncing daemon to
> >> come up as a (animated) startup graphic.
> >>

Linux splash screen is very Linux specific and can't be used in FreeBSD. If 
FreeBSD boot loader can load drivers and bootlogo, then it should be able to 
run animated screensavers too- why it's not done yet is beyound me.

Andrei