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Plymouth
This assumes you are using raspbian lite. otherwise plymouth will already be installed.
sudo apt-get install plymouth plymouth-themes
Install Raspberry Pi Foundation Pixel splash
sudo apt-get install pix-plym-splash
Enable in /boot/cmdline.txt
add quiet splash plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles on the same line
and remove plymouth.enable=0 if you're using retropie
List Themes:
plymouth-set-default-theme --list
Set Default Theme:
sudo plymouth-set-default-theme yourtheme
Test Theme:
sudo plymouthd
sudo plymouth --show-splash
sudo plymouth quit
If you want a little more debugging while testing:
sudo plymouthd --debug --debug-file=/tmp/plymouth-debug-out ; sudo plymouth --show-splash ; for ((I=0;I<10;I++)); do sleep 1 ; sudo plymouth --update=event$I ; done ;sudo plymouth --quit
Add your new themes to:
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/
sudo apt-get install plymouth plymouth-themes plymouth-x11
Add your new themes to:
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/
Install the New theme:
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/share/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth default.plymouth /usr/share/plymouth/themes/yourtheme/yourtheme.plymouth 500
Choose the New theme:
sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
pick the number of the theme you want to choose
Initialise on Boot:
sudo update-initramfs -u
Create Script: plymouth.sh
sudo chmod +x plymouth.sh sudo ./plymouth.sh
#!/bin/bash
## Preview Plymouth Splash ##
## by _khAttAm_ ##
## www.khattam.info ##
## License: GPL v3 ##
chk_root () {
if [ ! $( id -u ) -eq 0 ]; then
echo Must be run as root
exit
fi
}
chk_root
DURATION=$1
if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
DURATION=5
fi
plymouthd; plymouth --show-splash ; for ((I=0; I<$DURATION; I++)); do plymouth --update=test$I ; sleep 1; done; plymouth quit
sudo apt-get install plymouth plymouth-drm
wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/alanpullen/cdfeb71bd6d85edabf87/raw/5f44e180191e5b02ae8882743db2b8f1a04f9892/plymouth-pango-fix.sh
chmod +x plymouth-pango-fix.sh
./plymouth-pango-fix.sh
sudo update-initramfs -c -k $(uname -r)
sudo nano /boot/config.txt
initramfs initrd.img-3.18.11-v7+
sudo nano /etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-top/spi
#!/bin/sh
modprobe spi_bcm2835
Make the script executable:
sudo chmod +x /etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-top/spi
sudo nano /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
spi_bcm2835
fbtft
fbtft_device name=hy28a verbose=0
fb_ili9320
Tell plymouth to use /dev/fb1:
echo "export FRAMEBUFFER=/dev/fb1" | sudo tee /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/fb1
List plymouth themes
$ plymouth-set-default-theme --list
details
fade-in
glow
joy
script
solar
spacefun
spinfinity
spinner
text
Set theme
sudo plymouth-set-default-theme joy
Update initramfs (add -v to get more info)
sudo update-initramfs -u
Add to /boot/cmdline.txt (all in one line)
fbcon=map:10 splash quiet plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles
Parameter | Description
---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------
fbcon=map:10 | Console: try /dev/fb1 first, then /dev/fb0
splash | Show splash
quiet | Don't show boot messages (errors will show)
plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles |
Reboot
sudo apt-get install plymouth plymouth-themes
Make initramfs
sudo update-initramfs -c -k $(uname -r)
Add Initramfs to config.txt
sudo nano /boot/config.txt
initramfs initrd.img-X.XX.XX+
Set theme
sudo plymouth-set-default-theme text
Update initramfs
sudo update-initramfs -u
Update commandline.txt
sudo nano /boot/cmdline.txt
fbcon=map:10 splash quiet plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles
TEST YOUR THEME: plymouthd
plymouth --show-splash
plymouth quit
plymouth-set-default-theme --list
Apply any Plymouth Changes:
update-initramfs -u
Other Helpful Links:
http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/37820/custom-splash-screen-on-raspbian-jessie
http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/24900/plymouth-on-raspberry-pi