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