Questions tagged [plymouth]
Questions about Plymouth, the software which is responsible for the graphical bootsplash screen
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How do I disable the boot splash screen, and only show kernel and boot text instead? [duplicate]
I'd like to be able to disable the Ubuntu splash screen that I see on boot with the indicator meter of progress, and replace that with a text-only readout of the boot up process (such as you can get ...
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What is the difference between "systemctl mask" and "systemctl disable"?
I want to improve the boot time of my Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 by disabling plymouth services when booting up. I've found two answers on how to do it on various websites namely:
# systemctl disable ...
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How do I change the plymouth bootscreen?
With regards to Plymouth --
Are there alternative boot screens available?
What's the easiest way to change the boot screen?
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How can I customize the Ubuntu boot up logo?
I am making a custom distribution, and have a question about the Ubuntu Logo with 5 dots displayed when booting up.
The Ubuntu-Logo-Script in the /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntutext folder has the word ...
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Why is plymouthd crashing on startup?
Every time my laptop boots, I am greeted by several "Ubuntu 13.10 has experienced an internal error" dialogs once the graphical desktop environment (whatever it's called) is displayed. Apparently the ...
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Enabling Nvidia driver messes up splash screen
When you boot from live CD, or doing the first boot after installing Ubuntu, splash screen looks awesome. But as soon as you enable nvidia-current driver, installed with apt-get, splash screen goes ...
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Slow boot issue due to plymouth-quit-wait.service + ubuntu 18.04
This is freshly installed machine running as dual boot over Win 10.
For every reboot machine hangs for 15 secs as the plymouth service unable to start, due to some reasons.
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Long boot delay on Ubuntu loading/splash screen following regular dist-upgrade on clean SSD install (18.04)
I'be been running 18.04 since a clean SSD install on the day of it's official release, without issues. Power on to login was seconds (max 10)
Then, I did a regular upgrade this morning:
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How to fix plymouth (splash screen) in all Ubuntu releases!
How to fix black or broken plymouth (splash screen) after installation of nvidia proprietary drivers in Ubuntu (it happens usually in all Ubuntu releases)? It's no matter what version of nvidia ...
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How can I disable the purple splash screen at boot?
How can I disable the purple "Ubuntu" splash screen that displays at boot before the login screen has loaded? I'd prefer to just see plain text scroll by.
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What alternatives are available to replace the purple boot splash screen?
I would love an animated splash screen, just for a bit of eye candy to replace the purple splash (with 4 dots) during the boot sequence. I know it will slow down boot time but I don't care I just want ...
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How do I run a custom animated bootscreen?
I want to create a new splash theme for Ubuntu 11.10 using a volcano theme, so when it boots the volcano erupts with lava (same for shutdown). Now I have my image (png) but obviously it does not ...
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How To Get Plymouth To Display Boot Messages When Booting?
I would like to know how to create a splash for Ubuntu Maverick with boot messages being displayed when I boot as well as a progress bar and a spinning logo.
Or, if possible, how to edit a splash ...
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Whats is the importance of Plymouth?
I accidentaly did a command to delete Plymouth from my ubuntu 15.04:
sudo apt-get remove plymouth
and after this my login screen didn't appear any more. After GRUB menu the screen became black and ...
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How can I change the purple background color of Ubuntu plymouth boot screen?
I'd like to change the background color of the purple plymouth boot splash to another color, how can I do this?
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Removing the splash screen on shutdown an startup. I want to be able to see the processes
I know this has been asked but on slightly different terms. I would like to remove it so that I can see the code behind. Not one off but every time it is shutdown and started.
Thaknk you in advance.
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How do I go back to KDE splash / login after installing XFCE?
I started with Ubuntu Karmic, and wanted to try KDE. So I installed kubuntu-desktop. Then I wanted to see how XFCE progressed, so I installed xfce4. I now have Kubuntu with an XFCE splash and login.
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Boot screen in low graphics/text mode
My ubuntu boot screen shows up in a strange low resolution, almost text mode, instead the usual and sleek white "ubuntu" over dark background. It's not a big issue because when GDM loads everything ...
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What happens if I disable and uninstall Plymouth?
I have this problem with Plymouth, in wich it doesn't show up or, when it shows, with a awful resolution.
So, I wanted to uninstall Plymouth ( I found the package in Synaptics).
I'm using Ubuntu 12....
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apt-get command returning error in plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text
Whenever I try to install or remove or upgrade any software using apt-get it gives this error.
I tried removing and reinstalling plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text but it it also give the same error.
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How do deactivate plymouth boot screen?
Lately, booting Ubuntu on my desktop has become seriously slow. We're talking two minutes. It used to take 10-20 seconds. Because of plymouth, I can't see what's going on. I would like to deactivate ...
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Where can I find the boot log?
When I boot up Ubuntu and I don't have the graphical boot screen (Plymouth) enabled I see a bunch of text saying if an action was [OK] or it [FAILED].
Since this process is a bit quick I can't fully ...
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Why is plymouth required?
Why is plymouth so important that cannot be removed on ubuntu desktop 11.04?
It has priority required and mountall and cryptsetup depend on it.
I do not have really any need to remove it, but a ...
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Unable to use a custom splash screen in Ubuntu 16.04LTS
I've downloaded a theme from GNOME-Look and followed the instructions in the readme file. This is not the first time I've tried installing a custom splash screen. It tells me to do something. I ...
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How to change boot splash screen in 18.04
I have done this in the past in 16.04 and 17.10 but in 18.04 I can not get plymouth manager to work. Downloaded it from the software center but it doesn't work. Is there a guide available that will ...
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Ubuntu shows 'Kubuntu' on boot
I recently updated my Ubuntu 12.10 setup to 13.04 using sudo do-release-upgrade.
After going through the process and rebooting, I was a little confused by the GRUB menu showing a "Kubuntu" option ...
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How to recover splash screen
I am on 11.04.My Ubuntu splash screen was replaced by Kubuntu after I installed Kubuntu-desktop.I followed the answer of daniel kullmann by mistake in this askubuntu link and I lost splash screen.Now ...
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How do I customise my Plymouth theme? [duplicate]
I want to update my splash screen (when I boot or logoff), logo etc... to use the solar theme.
I did:
sudo apt-get install plymouth-theme-solar
then I went to the themes folder to customize it:
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Can I change the word ubuntu from my plymouth default theme?
I have seen that plymouth themes in different distros are the same they just put a logo or a word..so if I want to put whatever I want...can somebody tell me with what program or editing what file?
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How do I revert the Plymouth theme back to default after purging Kubuntu?
I recently installed the KDE Kubuntu desktop but after somehow working with i decided to use pure GNOME Ubuntu desktop again.I remove Kubuntu desktop and its packages completely but Kubuntu background ...
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How to change Live CD splash screen
I'm remastering the ubuntu CD, I've changed some files in the isolinux folder (access.pcx, blank.pcx, gfxboot.cfg) and I have been able to change the first screen (background color to green):
But I ...
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How can I use my own image for the boot splash screen?
How can I create and use my own boot splash screen?
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Newly Added Plymouth Theme Not Showing Up During Boot
I am running Ubuntu 16.04 and when I add and choose another Plymouth theme other then the default added ones, when rebooting to test I see it during the shut down process, but when booting back up, ...
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How to set a text theme for plymouth?
I have Ubuntu 12.04 (beta) and I want to set a text theme for Plymouth, because I need to read what commands the PC is running on shutdown (because it freezes when I shutdown it), but the method I ...
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Why does Plymouth boot in fallback text mode?
When starting my system, Plymouth doesn't show graphics but uses the fallback text mode. However, it runs normally (that is, with graphics) on shutdown. Why is that?
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Can anybody explain these Kernel command-line parameters?
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1280x800-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap"
What does this line mean?
Can anybody explain it word by word?
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Will plymouth allow for a nice boot experience with proprietary graphics drivers in future?
The new graphical bootloader introduced in 10.04 (plymouth) looks amazing until I enable proprietary drivers for my video card. I then get a horrible flashy monster of a boot experience, which I can ...
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Purple start screen - no splash screen
After installing Ubuntu 11.10 on a new computer everything worked fine for a few weeks and now suddenly when starting up Ubuntu I get a blank purple screen with no "Ubuntu" splash and the 5 dots but ...
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Using update-alternatives to change plymouth theme only affects shutdown animation, startup is left unchanged
In Ubuntu 14.04, I was able to change my Plymouth Theme simply by going to /lib/plymouth/themes and copy my theme in there.
Then, by simply typing sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth (...
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How do I make custom bootsplash and wallpapers [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to customize live Ubuntu CD?
I would like to customize my Ubuntu install with my own Wallpaper.
I know where to change the wallpapers
I copy my wallpaper in /usr/share/...
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How to uninstall plymouth?
hepita@Hepitowo:~$ sudo apt-get purge plymouth
Following packages will be REMOVED:
lightdm* mountall* plymouth* plymouth-label* plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo*
plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text* ubuntu-desktop* ...
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Mountall fails on startup
After Ubuntu boots, the tty1 Ctrl+Alt+F1 shows this:
Thegatorade-PC login: mountall: disconnected from Plymouth
mountall: Event failed
This happened after partitioning with gparted and ...
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Why does plymouth start so late?
It appears that starting with 11.04 Plymouth starts so late in the boot process. Sometimes I only have a split second to see it before it transitions to the login screen. This is the same for 11.10.
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How can I make Linux behave better when EDID is unavailable?
I'm using Mythbuntu 12.04 with a TV which only provides EDID information when it is turned on. Since the computer will be used for recording video via MythTV, I don't want to always have the TV on ...
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How do I speed up boot time? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I improve boot speed?
I am dual-booting Ubuntu and Windows 7. When I select Ubuntu at the GRUB menu, a blinking cursor in a black screen comes and takes some 30-40 ...
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Removing Lubuntu Splash screen from Unity/Gnome on Ubuntu 12.04
I'am running a 64 bit version of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on a Sony Vaio with 8GB of ram & 500Gb HDD.
I had recently installed the Lubuntu and KDE desktop environments but was not very impressed with ...
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Ubuntu 22.04, very slow boot and no ethernet after port forward
Yesterday I(newbie on linux) port forwarded the port 42420 to play Vintage Story with some friends.
After enabling it on the router and telling firewall-cmd what port to allow, we played without any ...
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How can I disable the purple bootloader splash at boot?
This question has been answered before, but neither of the methods in the accepted answer worked for me on 11.10.
First I tried editing in /etc/default/grub, and then running sudo update-grub. But ...
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Ubuntu Server 16.04.02 with Splash Screen and Kiosk mode
I'm trying to configure a Ubuntu Server 16.04.02 in Kiosk mode with Chrome. It's working but I'm not able to configure a Splash Screen instead of showing boot messages.
Working so far
Steps to ...
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Splash Screen Not Showing Up?
When I boot up Ubuntu, all I get is a little blinking underscore at the top left side of my screen. I am using splash screen manager and activated a picture to start at boot up, but it doesn't show up....
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