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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 found googling ( How do I change the plymouth bootscreen? ) is not working: this is the ouput of update-alternatives --list default.plymouth:

user@host:~$ update-alternatives --list default.plymouth
/lib/plymouth/themes/solar/solar.plymouth
/lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
user@host:~$

And the text themes are not displayed. How can I set a text theme for Plymouth?

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  • I already have another theme (plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text), anyway it doesn't work installing another theme either
    – mdesantis
    Apr 17, 2012 at 14:29
  • What is a "text theme" for Plymouth? My understanding is that Plymouth provides a splash screen so as to hide the booting-up text. If you don't want the splash screen, you have to turn off the Plymouth splash, not install another theme.
    – Chan-Ho Suh
    Apr 17, 2012 at 17:35
  • I think what you're really asking is this: askubuntu.com/q/120898/43660
    – Chan-Ho Suh
    Apr 17, 2012 at 17:38
  • Oh, yes, this is acceptable :) so what is the utility of the plymouth text themes, if they do not enable a text boot?
    – mdesantis
    Apr 18, 2012 at 8:37
  • Actually, now I remember what you're talking about. The text themes are just cruddier versions of the splash screens. When there is a graphics problem, plymouth will revert to showing a text version of the logo and the progress bar (dots appearing).
    – Chan-Ho Suh
    Apr 18, 2012 at 8:48

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Try this:

sudo update-alternatives --install /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth default.plymouth /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth 10

and then

sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
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Use the following to select the splash theme:

sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth

And use the following to select the text-theme: 

sudo update-alternatives --config text.plymouth
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  • No, Plymouth text theme is still missing from the list of avialable plymouth themes (also in 12.10 Quantic Quetzal)
    – mdesantis
    Oct 22, 2012 at 21:27
  • Can you update your question with the output of sudo update-alternatives --list text.plymouth? Also, what is the value of GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in /etc/default/grub?
    – Silke
    Oct 23, 2012 at 8:41
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Appears to have changed to 

sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth

enter image description here

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  • Seeing that you installed solar I installed the solar theme and it appears in the choices... but not the text themes, that are the ones I need :( I edit the question
    – mdesantis
    Apr 17, 2012 at 17:01

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