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Plymouth themes: Fix, install, edit and create on Linux Mint

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Finally, apply changes with this command line: sudo update-initramfs -u

2-To fix the delayed loading of the splash: sudo -s echo FRAMEBUFFER=y >>/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash update-initramfs -u 3-To edit existing themes: ( I'm going to edit a theme called plymouth-theme-LMDE which you can download from https://launchpad.net/~mefrio-g/+archiv ... hive-extra) sudo gimp /lib/plymouth/themes/LMDE/background.png you can copy,paste,replace and resize with gimp! 4- To install new themes manually:

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Plymouth themes: Fix, install, edit and create on Linux Mint - Linux Mint Community First copy the downloaded theme to /lib/plymouth/themes/mytheme; Then execute (replace mytheme with the name of the theme you are installing): sudo update-alternatives --install /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth /lib/plymouth/themes/mytheme/mytheme.plymouth 100 sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth sudo update-initramfs -u 5- [b]To create a very basic theme (wallpaper only) try the following: 1. sudo mkdir /lib/plymouth/themes/simple 2. Find a wallpaper you like and copy it to /lib/plymouth/themes/simple/wallpaper.png (must be a png!) 2. sudo gedit /lib/plymouth/themes/simple/simple.plymouth and paste the following: [Plymouth Theme] Name=Simple Description=Wallpaper only ModuleName=script [script] ImageDir=/lib/plymouth/themes/simple ScriptFile=/lib/plymouth/themes/simple/simple.script 3. sudo gedit /lib/plymouth/themes/simple/simple.script and paste the following: wallpaper_image = Image(wallpaper.png); screen_width = Window.GetWidth(); screen_height = Window.GetHeight(); resized_wallpaper_image = wallpaper_image.Scale(screen_width,screen_height); wallpaper_sprite = Sprite(resized_wallpaper_image); wallpaper_sprite.SetZ(-100); 4. sudo update-alternatives --install /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth /lib/plymouth/themes/simple/simple.plymouth 100 5. sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth (select simple from the list) 6. sudo update-initramfs -u Reboot and you should see a boot splash of the image you copied. For more details on creating plymouth themes check out: http://brej.org/blog/?p=197 6-To fix it for Nvidia/ATI Cards: Open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T)and enter the following commands: wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/57638460/fixplymouth chmod +x fixplymouth ./fixplymouth then choose your screen resolution, for example 1440900-24. 7- To get more plymouth themes for Linux Mint: 1Download plymouth-theme-mint-logo + plymouth-theme-mint-text from http://packages.linuxmint.com/list.php?release=Katya (if ur using Maya just run the following command lines to get it working properly because it's installed by default: sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth sudo update-initramfs -u then: sudo -s echo FRAMEBUFFER=y >>/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash update-initramfs -u 2- Download plymouth-theme-lmde_0.5.0-1_all.deb from https://launchpad.net/~mefrio-g/+archiv ... hive-extra 3Download plymouth-theme-mint-green-cloud_0.5.0-1_all.deb https://launchpad.net/~ingalex/+archive ... hive-extra 4- Download plymouth-theme-mint-sunrise_0.5.0-1_all.deb g/+archiv ... hive-extra from from default.plymouth default.plymouth

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Plymouth themes: Fix, install, edit and create on Linux Mint - Linux Mint Community 5- Download plymouth-theme-spinfinity-mint-one_0.5.0-1_all.deb from https://launchpad.net/~mefriog/+archiv ... hive-extra 6- Download plymouth-theme-spinfinity-mint-two_0.5.0-1_all.deb from https://launchpad.net/~mefriog/+archiv ... hive-extra 7- Download plymouth-theme-mint-does-seven_0.5.0-1_all.deb from https://launchpad.net/~mefriog/+archiv ... hive-extra 8- Download plymouth-theme-int-mint_0.5.0-1_all.deb from https://launchpad.net/~mefrio-g/+archiv ... hive-extra 9- Download plymouth-theme-mint-kde from http://packages.linuxmint.com/list.php? ... sadora-KDE 8- To install all plymouth themes: Install all the Themes for Plymouth with this command: sudo apt-get install plymouth-theme* Four of the themes have broken packages:plymouth-theme-lmint plymouth-theme-mib-oxygen plymouth-theme-mib-ubuntu plymouth-theme-spinfinity-ubuntu-women remove them with the following command: sudo apt-get remove plymouth-theme-lmint plymouth-theme-mib-oxygen ubuntu plymouth-theme-spinfinity-ubuntu-women plymouth-theme-mib-

You can also install Super Boot Manager for better customization. What is Super Boot Manager?

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Plymouth themes: Fix, install, edit and create on Linux Mint - Linux Mint Community Super-Boot-Manger is a simple gui created with buc (http://buc.intilinux.com/wiki/index.php ... principale). This interface has the main purpose to make easer and intuitive configuration of Grub, Burg (Brand-new Universal loadeR from GRUB) and Plymouth. This interface also allows the installation of Burg, the installation of many graphic themes for Burg and Plymouth and it allows the creation of customized themes. Installation: To install Super Boot Manager on Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in it: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ingalex/super-boot-manager sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install super-boot-manager

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