Plymouth splash screen -

2018-04-24 Thread Bob Goodwin
. On this updated Fedora 27 with XFCE I have attempted to change the Plymouth screen several times, re-booted each time, and it always comes back with the same theme, I think it is called "spinner." I have another similarly configured computer and the same procedure worked without any problem

Re: Plymouth splash screen -

2018-04-24 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 04/24/2018 10:54 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: bobg]# Plymouth-set-default-theme tribar -R bobg]# Plymouth-set-default-theme tribar Although it shows the change to "tribar" it continues to display the original "spinner" when I reboot. Did you try regenerating the initramfs with dracut? _

Re: Plymouth splash screen -

2018-04-24 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 04/24/18 16:56, Samuel Sieb wrote: Did you try regenerating the initramfs with dracut? . No, I've never done that, is there an instruction for doing so? -- Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box10 FEDORA-27/64bit LINUX XFCE Fastmail POP3 ___

Re: Plymouth splash screen -

2018-04-24 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 04/24/18 17:10, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 04/24/18 16:56, Samuel Sieb wrote: Did you try regenerating the initramfs with dracut? . No, I've never done that, is there an instruction for doing so? + + It looks like I could make things worse with dracut from what I find, |dracut --regenerate-

Re: Plymouth splash screen -

2018-04-24 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 04/24/2018 02:47 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 04/24/18 17:10, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 04/24/18 16:56, Samuel Sieb wrote: Did you try regenerating the initramfs with dracut? No, I've never done that, is there an instruction for doing so? It looks like I could make things worse with dracut fro

Re: Plymouth splash screen -

2018-04-24 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Samuel Sieb writes: On 04/24/2018 10:54 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: bobg]# Plymouth-set-default-theme tribar -R bobg]# Plymouth-set-default-theme tribar Although it shows the change to "tribar" it continues to display the original "spinner" when I reboot. Did you try regenerating the initramfs

Re: Plymouth splash screen -

2018-04-24 Thread Joe Zeff
On 04/24/2018 04:35 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: Reading a program's man page, if there is one, is always a good idea. The problem with some man pages is that they're written in an overly terse fashion as though they're just meant as a reminder for people who already understand the program but

Re: Plymouth splash screen -

2018-04-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 04/24/18 19:17, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 04/24/2018 02:47 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: It looks like I could make things worse with dracut from what I find, |dracut --regenerate-all --force looks pretty drastic?| If you only want to update the one for your current kernel, which is the most likely s

Re: Plymouth splash screen -

2018-04-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 04/25/18 04:49, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 04/24/18 19:17, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 04/24/2018 02:47 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: It looks like I could make things worse with dracut from what I find, |dracut --regenerate-all --force looks pretty drastic?| If you only want to update the one for your curr

Re: Plymouth splash screen -

2018-04-25 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 04/25/2018 01:49 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote:    -f, --force    overwrite existing initramfs file. That left me uncertain of what would happen, it looked to me that it might make boot slower than what it is and the object of the exercise is simply to change a splash screen, not wort

Re: Plymouth splash screen -

2018-04-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 04/25/18 11:22, Samuel Sieb wrote: It should have.  I assume that the plymouth script runs dracut. However, I have tried changing the plymouth boot theme myself a couple of times and I don't think I've had any success. . That seems odd, but then I'm not alone. On this Fedora 27 it doesn't

Re: Plymouth splash screen -

2018-04-26 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 04/24/18 16:56, Samuel Sieb wrote: plymouth-set-default-theme tribar -R bobg]# plymouth-set-default-theme tribar Although it shows the change to "tribar" it continues to display the original "spinner" when I reboot. Did you try regenerating the initramfs with dracut? _

Re: Plymouth splash screen -

2018-04-26 Thread Chris Murphy
Is tribar installed? The plymouth set-default does nothing if the theme isn't installed. Anyone know what the plymouth initrd on /boot is for? --- Chris Murphy ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users