Plymouth Theme

elementary Plymouth theme using the ACPI BGRT graphics as background

Building and installing

You'll need the following dependencies:

• plymouth
• plymouth-theme-spinner

Verify that this theme is set as default:

$ sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
There are 2 choices for the alternative default.plymouth (providing /usr/share/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth).

  Selection    Path                                                       Priority   Status
------------------------------------------------------------
  0            /usr/share/plymouth/themes/bgrt/bgrt.plymouth               110       auto mode
  1            /usr/share/plymouth/themes/bgrt/bgrt.plymouth               110       manual mode
* 2            /usr/share/plymouth/themes/elementary/elementary.plymouth   100       manual mode

Copy the latest theme

sudo cp -r elementary/* /usr/share/plymouth/themes/elementary/

and build a new initramfs to apply the changes

sudo update-initramfs -u -k all

If you want to test this is theme in your running X11 session, you'll need the following dependencies:

• plymouth-x11

Testing

⚠️ Plymouth draws over your desktop. Please note that you will need Terminal 2 on a different workspace to close Plymouth. ⚠️

If you want to take screenshots, you should quit Wingpanel before

killall wingpanel

Terminal 1

Tab 1

Start Plymouth daemon

sudo plymouthd --no-daemon --debug

Tab 2

Show splash

sudo plymouth show-splash

Terminal 2

With this terminal you can test the following modes and user interactions. When you're done, you can close Plymouth

sudo plymouth quit

Modes

Boot up

sudo plymouth change-mode --boot-up

Shutdown

sudo plymouth change-mode --shutdown

Reboot

sudo plymouth change-mode --reboot

Updates

sudo plymouth change-mode --updates

Firmware upgrade

sudo plymouth change-mode --firmware-upgrade

System upgrade

sudo plymouth change-mode --system-upgrade

User interaction

Message

sudo plymouth message --text="The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"

Password prompt

sudo plymouth --ask-for-password