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

Plymouth is the application which provides the graphical "splash" screen when booting and shutting down an Ubuntu system.

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How do I change the plymouth bootscreen?

With regards to Plymouth -- Are there alternative boot screens available? What's the easiest way to change the boot screen?
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What alternatives are available to replace the purple boot splash screen?

I would love an animated splash screen, just for a bit of eye candy to replace the purple splash (with 4 dots) during the boot sequence. I know it will slow down boot time but I don't care I just want it to look good. When I show my friends how much…
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How to recover splash screen

I am on 11.04.My Ubuntu splash screen was replaced by Kubuntu after I installed Kubuntu-desktop.I followed the answer of daniel kullmann by mistake in this askubuntu link and I lost splash screen.Now it shows only a blank screen after boot menu…
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How do I customise my Plymouth theme?

I want to update my splash screen (when I boot or logoff), logo etc... to use the solar theme. I did: sudo apt-get install plymouth-theme-solar then I went to the themes folder to customize it: /lib/plymouth/themes/ and I updated logos and other…
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How do I revert the Plymouth theme back to default after purging Kubuntu?

I recently installed the KDE Kubuntu desktop but after somehow working with i decided to use pure GNOME Ubuntu desktop again.I remove Kubuntu desktop and its packages completely but Kubuntu background image still running at time of booting the…
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Mountall fails on startup

After Ubuntu boots, the tty1  Ctrl+Alt+F1 shows this: Thegatorade-PC login: mountall: disconnected from Plymouth mountall: Event failed This happened after partitioning with gparted and happens every time I use Ubuntu.
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Removing Lubuntu Splash screen from Unity/Gnome on Ubuntu 12.04

I'am running a 64 bit version of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on a Sony Vaio with 8GB of ram & 500Gb HDD. I had recently installed the Lubuntu and KDE desktop environments but was not very impressed with either of them so I removed them both and went back to…
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Can a GIF be used as the Ubuntu Splash Screen instead of the boring purple one?

I'm using Ubuntu Builder and I really want to change the splash screen. It's my first time using Ubuntu Builder, and most of the work is being done offline (limited access...). By following the instructions in this AU post I've managed to set a…
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How do i replace splash screen messages?

I wanted to ask how to change the messages that the splash screen has while asking for the encryption password with a simple text like "insert password". Dunno if it has already been answered this question. Thanks in advance for the answer.
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1920 x 1080 Splash

I have recently purchased a 1920 x 1080 screen and the splash screen is all askew at startup and shut down. Is there a way I can fix this to suit my resolution?
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How to change boot animation?

Is it possible to change to boot animation in 12.04? I know it was possible on 11.10... if it is, how do you do it?
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ubuntu 12.04 stuck on splashscreen - not due to upgrade

All of a sudden when I startup my comp I'm stuck at the splash screen and never get anywhere. I'm on 12.04 but the upgrade isn't the problem as I've been running it without any problems so far. I changed the display settings as it was set to run on…
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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 tried looking around and nothing I have found is…
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Are there any fallbacks for Plymouth?

If I am using the proprietary driver, I don't get a good boot screen.
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Is changing plymouth-theme different in 16.04?

I have some plymouth themes on the path /usr/share/plymouth/themes. But I cannot set them. I first tried sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth then chose the theme. after that sudo update-initramfs -u There were no errors. But it's…
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