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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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mdesantis
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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 '12 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 '12 at 17:35
  • I think what you're really asking is this: http://askubuntu.com/q/120898/43660 – Chan-Ho Suh Apr 17 '12 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 '12 at 08:37
  • 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 '12 at 08:48
  • I remember plymouth text themes, I saw them on Fedora a couple of years ago, they are nice and are a good compromise between text boot and splash boot IMHO... it's a pity that text themes cannot be activated manually – mdesantis Apr 18 '12 at 10:02
  • Also, I remember that using plymouth-set-default-theme --list I was able to choose plymouth text theme... there must be a way to enable it now! – mdesantis Apr 18 '12 at 10:05
  • Some time has passed and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS has been released as stable. After updating, do you find you still need help with this issue? (I would think yes, given the nature of the problem, but I figure it's still worthwhile to check.) – Eliah Kagan May 23 '12 at 22:38
  • I resolved disabling plymouth, but I could not set the plymouth text theme, so yes, it remains unresolved – mdesantis May 23 '12 at 23:12

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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 '12 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 '12 at 08:41
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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 '12 at 17:01