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On 01/26/2011 08:28 PM, Chris Pemberton wrote:
> On 01/26/2011 04:18 PM, Troy Dawson wrote:
>> Chris Pemberton wrote:
>>> Congratulations; SL 6 beta runs so flawless on my two machines that
>>> I'm getting bored. I'm waiting for something to bork soon so I can
>>> start googling for fixes. Until then:
>>>
>>> The only issue I can find is when the "rings" plymouth boot screen
>>> is displayed, the words "Scientific Linux 6" look like they were
>>> rendered on a Nintendo; especially when contrasted with the smooth
>>> animation just below it.
>>>
>>> The "offending" file is located at
>>> /usr/share/plymouth/themes/rings/header_image.png. I've created a
>>> smoother looking png; but just replacing the original file has no
>>> effect at boot time. I suppose the animation is rendered beforehand
>>> somehow and just played back at boot. I'll look into it.
>>>
>>> If you'd like a smoother-looking png file, I'd be glad to share
>>> mine. I'm not a graphic artist or anything, but gimp is easy enough.
>>>
>>> In all honesty, thanks for the great work. I'm just a
>>> stay-at-home-dad with an ME degree and an addiction to linux; but
>>> you're saving me a couple hundred dollars a year with your efforts;
>>> money better spent on books for my three girls.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
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>> Hi Chris,
>> My Nintendo NES does all my graphical rendering, but you are the
>> first person to notice. :)
>> I ran into the same problem you did of not being able to change the
>> startup graphics. You can change the shutdown graphics just by
>> changing a file, but not the startup.
>> The reason is that the startup graphics are in the initrd image, so
>> you have to remake it. You can either reinstall a new kernel or run
>>
>> /sbin/new-kernel-pkg --package kernel --mkinitrd --dracut --depmod
>> --update `uname -r`
>>
>> If I have your permission, I will put this graphic in. It does look
>> very nice.
>>
>> Troy
> You are more than welcome to use the graphic... I created it rather
> hastily, so I'll check to see if the text is centred within the png file.
>
> The command you provided did indeed create a new initrd image, even
> updated my grub.conf file and everything... but upon reboot, no new
> graphic! I found the following command alone will do the trick:
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> /usr/sbin/plymouth-set-default-theme rings --rebuild-initrd
>
> The command executed rather fast... so I think it only updated the
> existing initrd instead of recreating it from scratch.
>
> I think it looks better... but I just chose any random font that
> looked somewhat similar to the original. If there is a specific
> font/color you'd like to use, let me know and I'll make another.
>
> Chris
EDIT: I was wrong... the command supplied by Troy indeed creates a new
initrd with the updated plymouth graphics.
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