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Questions tagged [plymouth]

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Failed at step EXEC spawning /bin/plymouth (Debian testing)

After I performed a dist-upgrade on a Debian testing (Jessie) instance, I can no longer boot. I'm marooned at the command prompt: Welcome to emergency mode! After logging in, type "journalctl -xb" to view system logs The following error shows…
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Linux Tablet: Is there a way to enter a password with onscreen keyboard to unlock a LUKS crypto device during bootup?

I just installed Linux (Ubuntu, but it does not really matter) on an x86-based tablet. I also encrypted a partition which is mounted during bootup. Of course, one usually needs to enter the password to unlock the partition during bootup. Is there…
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Xwayland crashes frequently

My system is running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I am facing this bug every time I turn on my pc and when my PC wakes up after sleep. Unfortunately, I found no solution when I searched on Launchpad and Bugzilla. I have also reported this error every…
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hide grub menu and initial loading message

With Debian 9.9 and GNOME 3.22, I'm trying to load the OS without boot menu. I've installed plymouth to show a graphical loading and set this options in grub: GRUB_DEFAULT=0 GRUB_TIMEOUT=0 GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet…
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Plymouth Boot Splash - Turn off switching to text

I am working on an appliance system based on CentOS 6. I have created a custom boot splash, but I can't find any information on how I would disable the feature to switch to text mode (switching the splash on and off) through a keypress. I do not…
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How to force screen to be white, irrespective of tty, DE, etc

I'm trying to create a completely flickerless boot and login with Xorg, and I'm particularly interested in the time between the bootsplash (I use Plymouth) and Xorg being fully loaded (i.e. after the screen flickers black to allow Xorg to start). So…
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rEFInd very slow to load initramfs

I'm trying to switch from grub to rEFInd, and I get much slower boot time. rEFInd itself it fast to load (I disabled auto detect) but when it comes to loading the kernel it hangs on "loading initramfs.... with options ... " for about 20 seconds…
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Error updating Debian 7 (wheezy) to 8 (jessie), plymouth 0.9.0-9 half-configured

I'm trying to upgrade my wheezy server to Debian 8 jessie. I changed /etc/apt/sources.list to: deb http://debian.mirror.serverloft.de/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free deb http://debian.mirror.serverloft.de/debian-security/ jessie/updates main…
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Custom boot logo without custom kernel?

If you build a custom Linux kernel, you can include a custom logo image that is displayed almost immediately on boot, followed by the regular boot messages (or Plymouth boot graphic). Is there some way to compile an image into the initramfs and get…
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plymouth-quit-wait.service does not stop, boot does not finish

I have configured Plymouth with Gnome on Arch Linux and can boot without problem (as in I enter my encryption key, get to the login screen, and can successfully log in). Unfortunately, plymouth-quit-wait.service never finishes: ~ systemctl status…
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Debian: transition from plymouth to lightdm without console text at boot time

I am using plymouth for boot splash and lightdm as display manager on a Debian 9 (stretch) box. My aim is to have a smooth graphical transition from plymouth to lightdm with no console text in between. However, when the machine boots there is a…
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Readable boot messages on Plymouth

I'm designing a Plymouth theme and I want to display boot messages. I do it using Plymouth.SetUpdateStatusFunction() by simply dumping the message into the callback argument. The problem is, instead of (relatively) friendly messages like those…
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GNOME shutdown prints ugly poorly formatted terminal messages in CentOS 7

I am using VMware to run a CentOS 7 virtual machine with a GNOME desktop. I am having an issue where every time I shut down the virtual machine instead of showing a nice shutdown screen I get a terminal window with ugly poorly formatted…
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Is the Plymouth Bootsplash able to function on FreeBSD?

I've been searching high and low and I haven't been able to find anything regarding Plymouth working for BSD. I realize this is generally a Ubuntu/Debian package, but I believe I recall seeing an article of a FreeBSD upcoming feature list for…
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Plymouth won't load in Debian Jessie

I am having problems having Plymouth load on my computer.The boot messages show error:unexpectedly disconnected from boot status daemon The VGA output is user@linux: ~$ lspci | grep VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device…
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