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.