Solved Change Bootloader splash screen

[ovidiu159]

Hi! I'm trying to change the bootloader splash screen. My OS is FreeBSD-11.3

So, I've tried this according to https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot-splash.html

In /boot/loader.conf:

splash_bmp_load="YES"
bitmap_load="YES"
bitmap_name="/boot/fulgerbsd.bmp"
boot_mute="YES"
beastie_disable="YES"
hw.vga.textmode=0

In /boot/defaults/loader.conf:

[...]
###  Splash screen configuration  ############################
splash_bmp_load="YES"           # Set this to YES for bmp splash screen!
splash_pcx_load="NO"            # Set this to YES for pcx splash screen!
splash_txt_load="NO"            # Set this to YES for TheDraw splash screen!
vesa_load="NO"                  # Set this to YES to load the vesa module
bitmap_load="NO"                # Set this to YES if you want splash screen!
bitmap_name="splash.bmp"        # Set this to the name of the file
bitmap_type="splash_image_data" # and place it on the module_path
[...]

The real problem is that every .bmp or .pcx I use (lower than 320x200), it shows me the FreeBSD default bootloader splash screen.

I'm trying to put my company logo (it's a white logo on black screen).

Thank you!

 

[SirDice]

So, I've tried this acording to https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot-splash.html

Those instructions are for the old sc(4) console. Nowadays FreeBSD uses vt(4). If I remember correctly someone added some rudimentary bootsplash support to vt(4) but I can't seem to find that information.

Newcons - FreeBSD Wiki

Edit: It's linked from the above wiki page: https://wiki.freebsd.org/MateuszPiotrowski/ImproveVtSplashScreenSupport

it shows me the FreeBSD default bootloader splash screen.

There is no default bootsplash (there's no bootsplash at all by default). I suspect you're looking at the loader(8) menu.