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
> 

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
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