Right now I've made a initramfs with a nice usplash, and then selected /usr/lib/usplash/usplash-theme-ubuntu.so. The bootup sequence is nice and shiny, the shutdown sequence is brown etc. The preview with 'usplash -c' is with a black background.
-- inconsistency between preview and actual splash https://launchpad.net/bugs/66981 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
