kde - how to change boot animation

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I have also tried following these commands:

update-alternatives --display default.plymouth
sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
sudo update-initramfs -u

and these:

sudo rm /etc/alternatives/default.plymouth
sudo ln -s /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth /etc/alternatives/default.plymouth

I have also found a wonderful boot animation (Earth-sunrise link http://www.istitutomajorana.it/scarica2/Animazione-Plus8.tar.gz) with a script inside with these commands:

sudo cp -R ~/Animazione-Plus8/Earth-sunrise/ /lib/plymouth/themes/
sudo update-alternatives --install /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth default.plymouth /lib/plymouth/themes/Earth-sunrise/Earth-sunrise.plymouth 100
sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
sudo update-initramfs -u

after all the default kubuntu logo didn't change, so I removed all alternatives with this:

sudo update-alternatives --remove-all default.plymouth
sudo update-initramfs -u

but I still have the same logo. I think it's a kde situation. So how can I change that boot animation with that one I got (Earth-sunrise.plymouth)?

edit: it doesn't work for real during ubuntu boot , only virtual boot animation works:/ I have followed all the steps but nothing has changed in boot animation.

I don't know maybe my problem is with ATI driver I have or with grub settings. What is the right configuration of grub I should have? I have also grub customizer installed in my distro maybe I have to change something. this is my /etc/default/grub if it helps: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1587147/

Right now I don't have now boot animation, there only a black screen with some text.

edit2: Ok I found my problem, it's about my gpu (msi 6870 Hawk) and the proprietary ati drivers: I unistalled old 12.8 (even with those the plymouth animation was not working) because I wanted to update my drivers and while I was with open drivers I finally saw the animation on boot, the problem is that I need ati driver and I had to install new 13.1 and infact now plymoth animation doesn't work any more. So is there a way to solve the problem, now that I found what it is about? Thanks

About the problems with the ATI/AMD drivers: Have you tried the the solution from the /usr/share/doc/plymouth/README.Debian ? — user26687, Jan 31 '13 at 18:47
thanks, it worked, I found the solution, I will post here as answer. — Frank, Feb 01 '13 at 11:36

user26687 · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-28T06:38:53.697

Download the Earth-sunrise theme.
Unpack it
Copy the Earth-sunrise folder to /lib/plymouth/themes/Earth-sunrise. Note ! Ubuntu 16.04 and later are using /usr/share/plymouth/themes/. More: Unable to use a custom splash screen in Ubuntu 16.04LTS
Change the distro_logo.png and the distro_name.png

Add the Earth-sunrise theme to the Plymouth 'alternatives'.

sudo update-alternatives --install /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth \
default.plymouth /lib/plymouth/themes/Earth-sunrise/Earth-sunrise.plymouth 50

Set the Earth-sunrise theme as the default

sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth

There are 3 choices for the alternative default.plymouth
(providing /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth).

  Selection    Path                                                       Priority   Status
------------------------------------------------------------
  0            /lib/plymouth/themes/kubuntu-logo/kubuntu-logo.plymouth     150       auto mode
  1            /lib/plymouth/themes/Earth-sunrise/Earth-sunrise.plymouth   50        manual mode
  2            /lib/plymouth/themes/kubuntu-logo/kubuntu-logo.plymouth     150       manual mode
* 3            /lib/plymouth/themes/my-plymouth/my-plymouth.plymouth       50        manual mode

Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 1
update-alternatives: using /lib/plymouth/themes/Earth-sunrise/Earth-sunrise.plymouth to provide /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth (default.plymouth) in manual mode.

Update the initramfs
```
sudo update-initramfs -u
```
Test the theme (install plymouth-x11 )
- Konsole #1
```
sudo plymouthd --debug --tty=`tty` --no-daemon
```
- Konsole #2
```
sudo plymouth show-splash
```
There are two (malformed) test konsoles.

Stopping the test with the command:
```
sudo plymouth --quit
```
Reboot

Seems to work at here.

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thanks it's very good, but when I type
sudo plymouthd --debug --tty=tty --no-daemon

I receive this http://paste.ubuntu.com/1581635/ and nothing happens — Frank, Jan 28 '13 at 13:54
@Frank Did you run the sudo plymouth show-splash command in a second terminal? — gertvdijk, Jan 28 '13 at 14:13
ok i'm sorry it works :) the problem is that it doesn't work for real during ubuntu boot :/ I have followed all steps but nothing has changed in boot animation — Frank, Jan 28 '13 at 14:24
@Frank If it doesn't work for you, then why did you accept the answer? Anyway, I think there might be something broken about your set up done by previous actions you took in an attempt to get it working. Maybe you can try this in a VM and try to figure out what is different in your current installation. — gertvdijk, Jan 28 '13 at 14:59

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

As an FYI, the script should be changed to the following (for 16.04):

sudo cp -R Earth-sunrise/ /usr/share/plymouth/themes/
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/share/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth default.plymouth /usr/share/plymouth/themes/Earth-sunrise/Earth-sunrise.plymouth 100
sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth  #here, choose the number of the theme you want to use then hit enter
sudo update-initramfs -u

Based on the forums here: Unable to use a custom splash screen in Ubuntu 16.04LTS

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 01 '13 at 11:38

Solved the problem with ati drivers and plymouth by appending this line to /etc/default/grub

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

append this line:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1280x1024-24, mtrr=3, scroll=ywrap"

for me the resolution "1280x1024-24" is ok, you could try others.

kde - how to change boot animation

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