It appears you are missing a symbolic link compared to my old installation:
$ ll /mnt/old/usr/share/plymouth/themes/
total 32
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Feb 28 2018 ./
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 28 2018 ../
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Feb 28 2018 default.grub -> /etc/alternatives/default.plymouth.grub
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Feb 28 2018 default.plymouth -> /etc/alternatives/default.plymouth
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 28 2018 details/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 22 2017 earth-sunrise/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 28 2018 text/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Feb 28 2018 text.plymouth -> /etc/alternatives/text.plymouth
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 28 2018 tribar/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 28 2018 ubuntu-logo/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 28 2018 ubuntu-text/
I’ve use the Earth Sunrise plymouth theme in the past but it goes by too fast on an NVMe SSD nowdays. Below are the installation instructions from: Newly Added Plymouth Theme Not Showing Up During Boot
Change path names from <16.04 to 16.04 format
The file /usr/share/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth had old paths from Ubuntu 14.04 and had to changed to reflect Ubuntu 16.04.
Make sure yours contains path names like this:
[Plymouth Theme]
Name=Earth Sunrise
Description=This theme is a modification of Andre "Osku" Schmidt's Space sunrise plymouth theme
ModuleName=script
[script]
ImageDir=/usr/share/plymouth/themes/earth-sunrise
ScriptFile=/usr/share/plymouth/themes/earth-sunrise/earth-sunrise.script
Frame Buffer in initramfs-tools
Edit the file /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash and add this line:
FRAMEBUFFER=y
Smooth transition to GDM
To enable smooth transition you have to disable your display manager unit, e.g.
systemctl disable gdm.service
Enable the respective DM-plymouth Unit (GDM, LXDM, SLiM units provided), e.g.
systemctl enable gdm-plymouth.service
Turn on debug
Edit the file /etc/default/grub and search for LINUX_DEFAULT line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash vt.handoff=7 kaslr"
and change it to this:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="plymouth:debug splash vt.handoff=7 kaslr"
Note plymouth:debug is the important thing. Also splash is always required to invoke plymouth.
After rebooting look into the file /var/log/plymouth-debug.log and it should look something like this:
[main.c:1865] check_logging:checking if console messages should be redirected and logged
[main.c:1874] check_logging:logging will be enabled!
[main.c:1946] initialize_environment:source built on May 10 2016
[main.c:1957] initialize_environment:Making sure /run/plymouth exists
[ply-utils.c:703] ply_create_directory:directory '/run/plymouth' already exists
[main.c:1961] initialize_environment:initialized minimal work environment
[main.c:716] get_cache_file_for_mode:returning cache file '/var/lib/plymouth//boot-duration'
[main.c:321] load_settings:Trying to load /etc/plymouth//plymouthd.conf
[ply-key-file.c:83] ply_key_file_open_file:Failed to open key file /etc/plymouth//plymouthd.conf: No such file or directory
[main.c:449] find_system_default_splash:failed to load /etc/plymouth//plymouthd.conf
[main.c:321] load_settings:Trying to load /usr/share/plymouth//plymouthd.defaults
[ply-key-file.c:83] ply_key_file_open_file:Failed to open key file /usr/share/plymouth//plymouthd.defaults: No such file or directory
[main.c:463] find_distribution_default_splash:failed to load /usr/share/plymouth//plymouthd.defaults
[main.c:873] plymouth_should_show_default_splash:checking if plymouth should show default splash
[main.c:901] plymouth_should_show_default_splash:using default splash because kernel command line has option "splash"
[ply-device-manager.c:668] create_seats_from_terminals:checking for consoles
[ply-device-manager.c:555] add_consoles_from_file:opening /sys/class/tty/console/active
[ply-device-manager.c:563] add_consoles_from_file:reading file
[ply-device-manager.c:601] add_consoles_from_file:console /dev/pts/17 found!
[ply-device-manager.c:793] ply_device_manager_watch_seats:udev support disabled, creating fallback seat
[ply-device-manager.c:635] create_seat_for_terminal_and_renderer_type:creating seat for /dev/pts/17 (renderer type: 0) (terminal: /dev/pts/17)
[ply-renderer.c:230] ply_renderer_open_plugin:trying to open renderer plugin /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/plymouth/renderers/x11.so
[ply-renderer.c:250] ply_renderer_open_plugin:opened renderer plugin /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/plymouth/renderers/x11.so
[ply-seat.c:80] add_pixel_displays:Adding displays for 1 heads
[ply-terminal.c:600] ply_terminal_open:trying to open terminal '/dev/pts/17'
[ply-terminal.c:395] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:looking up terminal text geometry
[ply-terminal.c:409] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:terminal is now 80x24 text cells
[ply-seat.c:113] add_text_displays:adding text display for terminal /dev/pts/17
[main.c:1034] on_seat_added:listening for keystrokes
[main.c:1038] on_seat_added:listening for escape
[main.c:1042] on_seat_added:listening for backspace
[main.c:1046] on_seat_added:listening for enter
[main.c:2243] main:entering event loop
[ply-terminal.c:395] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:looking up terminal text geometry
[ply-terminal.c:409] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:terminal is now 81x24 text cells
[ply-terminal.c:395] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:looking up terminal text geometry
[ply-terminal.c:409] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:terminal is now 82x24 text cells
[ply-terminal.c:395] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:looking up terminal text geometry
[ply-terminal.c:409] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:terminal is now 85x24 text cells
[ply-terminal.c:395] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:looking up terminal text geometry
[ply-terminal.c:409] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:terminal is now 89x24 text cells
[ply-terminal.c:395] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:looking up terminal text geometry
[ply-terminal.c:409] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:terminal is now 92x24 text cells
[ply-terminal.c:395] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:looking up terminal text geometry
[ply-terminal.c:409] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:terminal is now 97x24 text cells
[ply-terminal.c:395] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:looking up terminal text geometry
[ply-terminal.c:409] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:terminal is now 101x24 text cells
[ply-terminal.c:395] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:looking up terminal text geometry
[ply-terminal.c:409] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:terminal is now 104x24 text cells
[ply-terminal.c:395] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:looking up terminal text geometry
[ply-terminal.c:409] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:terminal is now 108x24 text cells
[ply-terminal.c:395] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:looking up terminal text geometry
[ply-terminal.c:409] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:terminal is now 111x24 text cells
[ply-terminal.c:395] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:looking up terminal text geometry
[ply-terminal.c:409] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:terminal is now 112x24 text cells
[ply-boot-server.c:388] print_connection_process_identity:connection is from pid 8073 (plymouth --ping) with parent pid 7812 (sudo plymouth --ping)
[ply-event-loop.c:1060] ply_event_loop_handle_disconnect_for_source:calling disconnected_handler 0x406350 for fd 12
[ply-event-loop.c:1064] ply_event_loop_handle_disconnect_for_source:done calling disconnected_handler 0x406350 for fd 12
[ply-event-loop.c:1144] ply_event_loop_free_destinations_for_source:freeing destination (1, 0x406490, 0x406350) of fd 12
[ply-event-loop.c:643] ply_event_loop_remove_source_node:failed to delete fd 12 from epoll watch list: Bad file descriptor
[ply-boot-server.c:388] print_connection_process_identity:connection is from pid 10838 (plymouth show-splash) with parent pid 10837 (sudo plymouth show-splash)
[ply-boot-server.c:484] ply_boot_connection_on_request:got show splash request
[main.c:843] plymouth_should_ignore_show_splash_calls:checking if plymouth should be running
[main.c:942] on_show_splash:at least one seat already open, so loading splash
[main.c:873] plymouth_should_show_default_splash:checking if plymouth should show default splash
[main.c:901] plymouth_should_show_default_splash:using default splash because kernel command line has option "splash"
[main.c:476] show_default_splash:Showing splash screen
[main.c:495] show_default_splash:Trying old scheme for default splash
[main.c:1610] load_theme:Loading boot splash theme '/usr/share/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth'
[ply-key-file.c:171] ply_key_file_load_group:trying to load group Plymouth Theme
[ply-key-file.c:171] ply_key_file_load_group:trying to load group script
[ply-key-file.c:259] ply_key_file_load_groups:key file has no more groups
[main.c:1625] load_theme:attaching plugin to event loop
[main.c:1628] load_theme:attaching progress to plugin
[ply-boot-splash.c:178] attach_to_seat:adding pixel displays
[ply-boot-splash.c:191] attach_to_seat:Adding 1920x1080 pixel display
[ply-device-manager.c:841] ply_device_manager_activate_renderers:activating renderers
[ply-boot-splash.c:491] ply_boot_splash_show:showing splash screen
[./plugin.c:424] show_splash_screen:starting boot animation
[./plugin.c:302] start_animation:parsing script file
[./plugin.c:280] start_script_animation:executing script file
[ply-device-manager.c:881] ply_device_manager_activate_keyboards:activating keyboards
[main.c:294] show_messages:not displaying messages, since no boot splash
[ply-event-loop.c:1060] ply_event_loop_handle_disconnect_for_source:calling disconnected_handler 0x406350 for fd 12
[ply-event-loop.c:1064] ply_event_loop_handle_disconnect_for_source:done calling disconnected_handler 0x406350 for fd 12
[ply-event-loop.c:1144] ply_event_loop_free_destinations_for_source:freeing destination (1, 0x406490, 0x406350) of fd 12
[ply-event-loop.c:643] ply_event_loop_remove_source_node:failed to delete fd 12 from epoll watch list: Bad file descriptor
[ply-boot-server.c:388] print_connection_process_identity:connection is from pid 13320 (plymouth message --text=hello world) with parent pid 13319 (sudo plymouth message --text=hello world)
[ply-boot-server.c:637] ply_boot_connection_on_request:got show message request
[main.c:595] on_display_message:displaying message hello world
[ply-event-loop.c:1060] ply_event_loop_handle_disconnect_for_source:calling disconnected_handler 0x406350 for fd 12
[ply-event-loop.c:1064] ply_event_loop_handle_disconnect_for_source:done calling disconnected_handler 0x406350 for fd 12
[ply-event-loop.c:1144] ply_event_loop_free_destinations_for_source:freeing destination (1, 0x406490, 0x406350) of fd 12
[ply-event-loop.c:643] ply_event_loop_remove_source_node:failed to delete fd 12 from epoll watch list: Bad file descriptor
[ply-boot-server.c:388] print_connection_process_identity:connection is from pid 16361 (plymouth show-splash) with parent pid 16360 (sudo plymouth show-splash)
[ply-boot-server.c:484] ply_boot_connection_on_request:got show splash request
[main.c:920] on_show_splash:show splash called while already shown
[ply-event-loop.c:1060] ply_event_loop_handle_disconnect_for_source:calling disconnected_handler 0x406350 for fd 12
[ply-event-loop.c:1064] ply_event_loop_handle_disconnect_for_source:done calling disconnected_handler 0x406350 for fd 12
[ply-event-loop.c:1144] ply_event_loop_free_destinations_for_source:freeing destination (1, 0x406490, 0x406350) of fd 12
[ply-event-loop.c:643] ply_event_loop_remove_source_node:failed to delete fd 12 from epoll watch list: Bad file descriptor
[ply-boot-server.c:388] print_connection_process_identity:connection is from pid 17411 (plymouth pause-progress) with parent pid 17410 (sudo plymouth pause-progress)
[ply-boot-server.c:672] ply_boot_connection_on_request:got progress pause request
[main.c:665] on_progress_pause:pausing progress
[ply-event-loop.c:1060] ply_event_loop_handle_disconnect_for_source:calling disconnected_handler 0x406350 for fd 12
[ply-event-loop.c:1064] ply_event_loop_handle_disconnect_for_source:done calling disconnected_handler 0x406350 for fd 12
[ply-event-loop.c:1144] ply_event_loop_free_destinations_for_source:freeing destination (1, 0x406490, 0x406350) of fd 12
[ply-event-loop.c:643] ply_event_loop_remove_source_node:failed to delete fd 12 from epoll watch list: Bad file descriptor
[ply-boot-server.c:388] print_connection_process_identity:connection is from pid 21148 (plymouth show-splash) with parent pid 20299 (sudo plymouth show-splash)
[ply-boot-server.c:484] ply_boot_connection_on_request:got show splash request
[main.c:920] on_show_splash:show splash called while already shown
[ply-event-loop.c:1060] ply_event_loop_handle_disconnect_for_source:calling disconnected_handler 0x406350 for fd 12
[ply-event-loop.c:1064] ply_event_loop_handle_disconnect_for_source:done calling disconnected_handler 0x406350 for fd 12
[ply-event-loop.c:1144] ply_event_loop_free_destinations_for_source:freeing destination (1, 0x406490, 0x406350) of fd 12
[ply-event-loop.c:643] ply_event_loop_remove_source_node:failed to delete fd 12 from epoll watch list: Bad file descriptor
[ply-boot-server.c:388] print_connection_process_identity:connection is from pid 29215 (plymouth --quit) with parent pid 29214 (sudo plymouth --quit)
[ply-boot-server.c:519] ply_boot_connection_on_request:got quit request
[main.c:1290] on_quit:quitting (retain splash: false)
[main.c:1307] on_quit:system not initialized so skipping saving boot-duration file
[main.c:1566] tell_systemd_to_stop_printing_details:telling systemd to stop printing details
[main.c:1316] on_quit:closing log
[ply-device-manager.c:901] ply_device_manager_deactivate_keyboards:deactivating keyboards
[ply-seat.c:185] ply_seat_deactivate_keyboard:deactivating keyboard
[main.c:1322] on_quit:unloading splash
[ply-boot-splash.c:689] ply_boot_splash_become_idle:telling splash to become idle
[ply-boot-splash.c:668] on_idle:splash now idle
[main.c:1202] on_boot_splash_idle:boot splash idle
[main.c:1209] on_boot_splash_idle:hiding splash
[ply-device-manager.c:861] ply_device_manager_deactivate_renderers:deactivating renderers
[ply-seat.c:200] ply_seat_deactivate_renderer:deactivating renderer
[ply-event-loop.c:951] ply_event_loop_stop_watching_for_timeout:multiple matching timeouts found for removal
[main.c:1214] on_boot_splash_idle:quitting splash
[main.c:1070] quit_splash:quiting splash
[main.c:1072] quit_splash:freeing splash
[ply-boot-splash.c:406] ply_boot_splash_free:freeing splash
[ply-event-loop.c:965] ply_event_loop_stop_watching_for_timeout:no matching timeout found for removal
[ply-boot-splash.c:385] detach_from_seats:detaching from seats
[ply-boot-splash.c:110] detach_from_seat:removing keyboard
[ply-boot-splash.c:116] detach_from_seat:removing pixel displays
[ply-boot-splash.c:131] detach_from_seat:Removing 1920x1080 pixel display
[ply-boot-splash.c:139] detach_from_seat:removing text displays
[ply-boot-splash.c:153] detach_from_seat:Removing 112x24 text display
[ply-device-manager.c:901] ply_device_manager_deactivate_keyboards:deactivating keyboards
[main.c:1081] quit_splash:Not retaining splash, so deallocating VT
[ply-terminal.c:919] ply_terminal_deactivate_vt:terminal is not for a VT
[ply-terminal.c:669] ply_terminal_close:restoring color palette
[ply-terminal.c:673] ply_terminal_close:stop watching tty fd
[ply-event-loop.c:759] ply_event_loop_stop_watching_fd:stopping watching fd 11
[ply-event-loop.c:775] ply_event_loop_stop_watching_fd:removing destination for fd 11
[ply-event-loop.c:784] ply_event_loop_stop_watching_fd:no more destinations remaing for fd 11, removing source
[ply-terminal.c:679] ply_terminal_close:stop watching SIGWINCH signal
[ply-terminal.c:683] ply_terminal_close:setting buffered input
[main.c:1216] on_boot_splash_idle:quitting program
[main.c:1144] quit_program:cleaning up devices
[ply-device-manager.c:521] ply_device_manager_free:freeing device manager
[ply-device-manager.c:422] free_seats:removing seats
[main.c:957] on_seat_removed:no longer listening for keystrokes
[main.c:961] on_seat_removed:no longer listening for escape
[main.c:965] on_seat_removed:no longer listening for backspace
[main.c:969] on_seat_removed:no longer listening for enter
[ply-seat.c:307] free_pixel_displays:freeing 1 pixel displays
[ply-seat.c:328] free_text_displays:freeing 1 text displays
[main.c:1147] quit_program:exiting event loop
[ply-boot-server.c:350] ply_boot_connection_on_quit_complete:quit complete
[main.c:2245] main:exited event loop
[ply-boot-splash.c:406] ply_boot_splash_free:freeing splash
[main.c:2255] main:freeing terminal session
[main.c:2261] main:exiting with code 0
Update initramfs
After making any of the above changes run:
sudo update-initramfs -u -k all
I was just trying to install vanilla-gnome-desktop by means of
apt install vanilla-gnome-desktop
… in order to get a more vanilla GNOME experience than the default on Ubuntu Desktop 18.04.
It errored out the first time around and the problem doesn’t appear to be fixable by a mere apt install either:
# apt install vanilla-gnome-desktop
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
vanilla-gnome-desktop is already the newest version (0.83).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up plymouth-theme-ubuntu-gnome-logo (18.04.0) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative link /usr/share/plymouth/themes/default.grub is already managed by default.grub
dpkg: error processing package plymouth-theme-ubuntu-gnome-logo (--configure):
installed plymouth-theme-ubuntu-gnome-logo package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
plymouth-theme-ubuntu-gnome-logo
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
So anyway, I had previously purged the packages plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo and plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text and installed plymouth-disabler.
I furthermore created myself a little file /etc/grub-black-and-white containing:
if background_color 0,0,0,0; then
clear
fi
Which I «installed» by means of
update-alternatives --install /usr/share/plymouth/themes/default.grub default.grub /etc/grub-black-and-white 100
However, I had to remove that (update-alternatives --remove default.grub /etc/grub-black-and-white) in order for plymouth-theme-ubuntu-gnome-logo to be installed properly, fixing the above issue.
But now when I want to reinstantiate my fixed /usr/share/plymouth/themes/default.grub, pointing to /etc/grub-black-and-white, it complains again:
# update-alternatives --install /usr/share/plymouth/themes/default.grub default.grub /etc/grub-black-and-white 100
update-alternatives: error: alternative link /usr/share/plymouth/themes/default.grub is already managed by default.plymouth
While I obviously can once again manually override it, my goal would be to have my setting take precedence over whatever some package chooses for /usr/share/plymouth/themes/default.grub and for that to persist.
Is there a way to achieve this with update-alternatives? How?
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- [ubuntu] GUI to manage Plymouth themes Ubuntu 14.04
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GUI to manage Plymouth themes Ubuntu 14.04
Can anyone help with this?
I’ve tried installing Super-boot-manager — added the ppa, but I then get «some packages were ignored or old ones used» and then «can’t find package super-boot-manager»I’ve used the CLI process here, but the command «sudo update-alternatives –config default.plymouth» gives «update-alternatives: error: unknown argument `–config’. I looked at the man pages for update-alternatives and it says to use — before the config argument, but that still produces the same error.
What’s currently happening is that on boot up I get the edubuntu splash screen. I’ve changed the config file default.plymouth in /lib/plymouth/ to Ubuntu rather than edubuntu, but I’m still getting the edubuntu splash screen.
What I’m looking to do is to change the splash screen at boot, and the sign on screen backgrounds to something other than the plain colour, but I don’t want the edubuntu screen!
At the very least, I’d like to get back to the original Ubuntu theme!
Last edited by Gordonbp531; November 25th, 2014 at 03:40 PM.
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Re: GUI to manage Plymouth themes Ubuntu 14.04
Maybe you are forgetting a step:
After using the command sudo update-alternatives —config default.plymouth to select a new theme,
you need to run the command sudo update-initramfs -u and then reboot.
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Re: GUI to manage Plymouth themes Ubuntu 14.04
Copy Dennis N’s command because the one you posted was using a single long dash before config …ie –config
Whereas it should be a double dash …ie —configLast edited by CantankRus; November 25th, 2014 at 06:47 PM.
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Re: GUI to manage Plymouth themes Ubuntu 14.04
Hi, sorry I’ve not been back, been a bit busy!
If you look at my OP, you’ll see I used the «—» before the config argument, and got the same error message.
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Re: GUI to manage Plymouth themes Ubuntu 14.04
Originally Posted by Gordonbp531
Hi, sorry I’ve not been back, been a bit busy!
If you look at my OP, you’ll see I used the «—» before the config argument, and got the same error message.Can you run it again and copy and paste your terminal output.
egCode:
glen@Trusty:~$ sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth [sudo] password for glen: There are 4 choices for the alternative default.plymouth (providing /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth). Selection Path Priority Status ------------------------------------------------------------ 0 /lib/plymouth/themes/moka-logo/moka-logo.plymouth 150 auto mode 1 /lib/plymouth/themes/moka-logo/moka-logo.plymouth 150 manual mode 2 /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo-scale-2.plymouth 99 manual mode * 3 /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth 100 manual mode 4 /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntustudio-logo/ubuntustudio-logo.plymouth 150 manual mode Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:
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Re: GUI to manage Plymouth themes Ubuntu 14.04
For some inexplicable reason, the command has now decided to work, with no error message, and I’ve been able to select the theme, which I wasn’t able to do before.
I’m hoping it’s now fixed!Thanks for the input.
Cheers
Originally Posted by Gordonbp531
