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
>>>
>>
>> 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:
>
> /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.