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Tag Archives: plymouth
[How to] Fix the Plymouth boot screen when using proprietary graphics drivers
Using ‘proprietary/restricted’ drivers for Nvidia and ATI graphics cards often results in a less-than-perfect looking boot screen.
Although purely a cosmetic flaw – it doesn’t impeded the boot speed or performance – its one that greets you time and time again. Thankfully the script below does, in most cases, ‘fix’ it.
Intelligent boot splash greeter
Elephants and readers with a good memory may remember an ‘ambient boot splash’ proposal we featured at the end of October.
Plymouth manager lets you change boot theme, resolution in Ubuntu
If you’re fortunate enough to have a graphics card capable of displaying Plymouth boot splashes then ‘Plymouth Manager’ may just be of interest. Features include: – Enable/disable Plymouth Set splash resolution Fixing errant errors Choosing/creating new themes Find most recent download @ sourceforge.net/projects/plymouthmanager If the app floats your boat why not help translate it to [...]
‘Ubuntu sunrise’ plymouth theme adds awe to boot time
Bored of the relatively plain default plymouth theme that Ubuntu ships with? You can easily sass it up with themes like this one, called ‘ubuntu sunrise, by dinin over on Gnome-look.
Stunning user-created Plymouth boot Splash
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I love it when something stunning (and space-themed, I am biased) comes along to drop my jaw. Say Hola to the following purdy little Plymouth splash screen created by ~internauta2000. It’s an animated, luscious and all-out Ubuntu-ized affair making it a perfect fit for those seeking some branded-bling for their boot-time experience. The Plymouth boot [...]
Ubuntu Lucid To Use Plymouth; Non-Intel Users To Lose Out?
A few weeks ago the decision was mooted to switch Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx from USplash to Plymouth. The decision was made in light of the fact that the boot transitions between boot and the X-Server still don’t provide a flicker-free boot as hoped. Plymouth, on the other hand, already sits as default boot-manager in [...]