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Questions about Plymouth, the software which is responsible for the graphical bootsplash screen

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Set keyboard layout at login splash screen

I have looked on many posts on all kind of forums and tried myself many things, for example: manipulate plymouth rc.d file, set as startup command setxkbmap de, create a boot time script in init.d, ......
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Changes to plymouth do not change bootanimation

I followed this guide to change to boot animation (I just skipped step 5 since I only want to change the color). I can select the newly created boot animation after the command sudo update-...
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Switch Window Manager with Ubuntu Plymouth splash screen

I compiled DWM on my Ubuntu system. Normally when I switch WM I can do it with Plymouth Ubuntu splash screen with a drop down menu. The issue is I don't see it in the list and I don't know how to ...
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Using plymouth theme on login screen

I've set my Plymouth theme in the standard way, by copying and modifying the existing ubuntu-logo Plymouth theme. This now displays as the splash when powering up and down. Is it possible to use the ...
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Problem updating plymouth bootscreen theme

I've made a new theme based on ("/usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo"). Simply changed all the purple into blue. I've updated the .plymouth (bluebuntu.plymouth) file and script: ImageDir=/usr/...
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19.04 Login Loop after changing boot logo

To rid myself of an annoying Budgie icon during boot (leftover from when I installed and then removed the Budgie desktop environment), I issued this command : sudo update-alternatives --config default....
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Script for Plymouth theme for 18.04

I currently have 2 image files which I wish to work in a loop for boot screen / Plymouth theme. I referred to some existing themes and finally settled with the following file structure \lib\plymouth\...
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Why is my GRUB menu background in ubuntu 18.04 black? [duplicate]

I installed some additional desktop environments in ubuntu 18.04, and I don't know if this has something to do with it, but around the time installing these desktop environments, I discovered that my ...
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How can I change the plymouth booting animation on Ubuntu 19.04?

I have downloaded a Plymouth theme from Gnome-loo.org. And since it was a deb package, I installed it through Ubuntu Software. Then, I typed "sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth" and ...
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How to change the background of the default Ubuntu splash screen in 19.04? [duplicate]

The default Ubuntu Logo plymouth theme has the description "A theme that features a blank background with a logo." Instead of that "blank background" I want to have my own customised image as the ...
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Does Ubuntu have a Kernel Splash Screen? If so, how to enable it?

Hi I am creating a custom distro based off of Ubuntu 19.04 server. I am looking for a way to enable a custom kernel splash screen. Please let me know if this is possible, thanks.
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Ubuntu 18.04 boots too slow on lenovo ideapad 320

I have Lenovo Ideapad 320 with i5 7th gen, NVIDIA 920mx 2 GB, 8 GB ram. Ubuntu takes like - 1:00 min to 1:30 min to boot, and my 10 year old Dell Inspiron 1440 boots Windows 10 faster than it! Some ...
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ubuntu 19.04 hangs on show Plymouth boot screen when installing

I know this is a recurring question but maybe slightly different. On the test computer in question (2009 Toshiba Satellite 3GB RAM 160 GB ROM AMD Semperon) I had Ubuntu 18.04 LTS installed first time ...
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How can I play a sound with plymouth?

I want to play a sound during boot-up and I use plymouth. Is there a way or a specific function to do that in plymouth?
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Overcoming black text and blank screens between plymouth and gdm-login boot stages

In Ubuntu 18.04.2, I would like to show a consistent background image from the start of Grub2 to the appearance of the GDM login screen. I have customized the ubuntu-logo plymouth theme to show the ...
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How can I change the GRUB splash image in 18.04

NOTE: I am not after themes... more just hacking what's here as its faster. In Ubuntu 18.04 I am trying to change the grub.png/splash.png image, the one you see when GRUB asks you what system you ...
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Why is my Ubuntu splash screen variable?

Not a problem, but I am surprised that, since 18.10, my Ubuntu splash screen is not always the same. By splash screen I mean what comes between Grub screen & Login screen. Normally this is a ...
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How to make plymouth play sound during boot-up and shutdown?

How can I make plymouth play a tune during boot-up and shutdown like on dell xpx ubuntu edition?
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Removing/hiding all boot screens

DISCLAIMER: I'm new to Ubuntu (18.04 - no dual boot). I'd like to remove all colored screens after booting and turning off (while not seeing any code run on the screen) - also changing the login ...
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grub splash command freezing computer during resume from suspend (RAM)

Issue Description I have an issue resuming my computer if the splash command is present in the grub file under GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" Using fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. GPU ...
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Purple screen of death after login

I've been using Ubuntu on this machine for over a year but since yesterday I can't get past the purple screen that appears after I insert my credentials. I've tried to use nomodeset but it didn't ...
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ubuntu installation stuck on splash screen

I recently bought a HP-spectre ap0023dx-this link-, but I am having troubles with ubuntu installation. As soon as my system gets into splash screen, the screen will freeze, and also keyboard does not ...
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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. ENv:- Manufacturer:...
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Kubuntu 18.04 LTS splash screen is black

When booting or rebooting, the splash screen of Kubuntu is black/blank. I do not see grub prompts nor the splash. Here is what I have attempted so far: I figured the answer was in /etc/default/grub,...
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Ubuntu 18.10 using text-based plymouth theme after updates

I had updated my ubuntu 18.10 installation, however it has started using the text based plymouth theme instead of the graphical theme. Does anyone know why this is, and if so how to fix it? I have ...
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Plymouth starts very late in Ubuntu 18.04

I am using Kubuntu 18.04. My problem is that while the boot takes ~30 seconds, the plymouth screen shows only for the later 2-3 seconds. Rest all the time the screen is black.
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Ubuntu 18.04 Server UEFI Enable Plymouth

So I "converted" Bionic Server UEFI to Mate Desktop UEFI. One thing that bugs me though is that I cannot seem to enable plymouth. this is what alternatives is set to: There are 2 choices for the ...
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Plymouthd crashes on startup in Ubuntu 18.10

Plymouthd crashes on startup with the following error message.
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Corrupt /var/lib/dpkg/arch file, can't use apt or boot

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 64-bit. I booted into Ubuntu just now, and suddenly, for seemingly no reason, it hung on the Plymouth boot screen, on 'Hold until boot process finishes up'. The boot process never ...
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Lubuntu boot logo still showing after removing Lubuntu flavour

I'm an Ubuntu user but to test out I once installed Lubuntu from the terminal. I didn't like it so I removed it but the startup logo is still of Lubuntu. What should I do to remove that completely, ...
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Why does plymouth-quit-wait.service take me 3 minutes to enter my desktop?

What does this thing do? It happens after I install a newer kernel, but it doesn't happen to another PC. 3min 9.523s plymouth-quit-wait.service 5.423s NetworkManager-wait-online.service ...
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Boot splash displaying on wrong screen in dualscreen setup

My setup is the following: One monitor connected through DisplayPort (primary) to the NVidia card, One monitor connected through VGA to the motherboard, rotated 90 degrees to the right. Everything ...
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Ubuntu 18.10 is stuck at loading screen after new installation

Very much like: Ubuntu 18.04 is stuck at loading screen after new installation Except for being Ubuntu 18.10 The only way to interrupt a hung system like this, which simply never completes the boot ...
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Ubuntu Server 18.10 - No video mode activated

When booting, Ubuntu Server 18.10 shows a "Error: no video mode activated" text message and then shows the animated Ubuntu logo. ¿How can i get rid of that error message? My /etc/default/grub ...
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Error for no default plymouth

I have been messing around with Plymouth themes and have managed to bungle them. After some deleting and reinstalling, if I run the terminal line sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth ...
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Ubuntu Server 18.10 Splash Screen Customization

I can't change the splash screen in Ubuntu Server 18.10. I've installed plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo and modified /etc/default/grub with the following result: GRUB_DEFAULT=0 GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden ...
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Stuck at splash screen with mouse pointer after upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04

I am stuck at the Ubuntu splash screen. I recently performed an upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04. At the first reboot, I am stuck at that splash screen which freezes after the mouse pointer appears at the ...
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Plymouth taking a lot of time during boot

$ systemd-analyze blame 3min 19.728s plymouth-quit-wait.service 19.248s dev-sda4.device 13.448s systemd-udevd.service 6.593s NetworkManager-wait-online.service 4.702s snapd....
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Custom animated boot up splash screen (whole screen)

so I was going off of this thread: How can I customize the Ubuntu boot up logo? and I run it, and it works great. However, I only want to animate one thing, and for it to take up the whole screen. I ...
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Ubuntu 1604 Mate, takes 4 Minutes to load, short splash screen and weird Login screen

I'm running Ubuntu 1604LTS on a Dell Vostro 1710 and Ubuntu takes forever to load. In addition to this, the plymouth splash screen is always upended, which means I get the kernel messages instead. ...
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Change LUKS Passphrase Prompt

How would one go about customizing the LUKS passphrase prompt when decrypting drive at system startup? I am on 16.04. Have looked into /lib/cryptsetup/cryptdisks.functions. Have also checked Plymouth. ...
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How to boot after adding a drive which gets assigned sda?

I run Ubuntu 18.04 on dual UEFI boot with Windows 10. I have one SSD (both systems are on that one) and one HDD. After adding a brand new SSD the new SSD got assigned sda and the system booted into ...
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How do i get out of boot loop?

The purple screen with the Ubuntu logo and orange dogs are all I can access. My computer froze except the mouse while I was using linux, then i shut it down. It froze I think in recovery journal, I ...
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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: $ sudo apt ...
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In Ubuntu 17.10 'plymouth show-splash' does nothing, why?

I've developed a Plymouth Theme and realized I could probably test without rebooting the computer every time. I discovered 'plymouth show-splash' is suppose to achieve this, but executing that ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 hanging at startup after updates

Okay, so I have been running 18.04 on my MSI GS63 laptop since it came out with no problems whatsoever. Today I went to shut down and checked the box "Install upgrades on startup" (not exact wording ...
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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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Display plymouth on Ubuntu server 18.04

I installed Ubuntu Server 18.04 and Budgie desktop on top as my desktop environment. I don't want to see the text running when I restart or shutdown. I found out that in /boot/grub/grub.cnf I have: ...
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18.04: Low Resolution In Grub and Splash After Installing Nvidia Driver

I was getting some lag with the nouveau driver when editing large image files, so I gave the nvidia driver a try. It fixed the lag, but I had a new problem. When I use the nouveau driver, I get grub ...
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How to change Ubuntu 18 loading screen background? [duplicate]

I want to change this loading screen background (the purple one), without changing the whole animation, just the purple background, without software, How can I do it ? I have found the files under /...
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