Tony Arnold wrote: > Alan, > > alan c wrote: >> On one machine I installed ubuntu 6.06 dapper then at a later date, >> added edubuntu-desktop. I think I probably accepted an 'as default' >> choice with edubuntu at some stage also, not sure. >> When edubuntu had served its purpose I removed edubuntu-desktop. >> >> So far so good, and once things are up and running, I am running ubuntu. >> >> However, when booting, the (splash?) screen (which contains the >> progress bar), still shows Edubuntu! >> >> This machine is a demo machine and so it is important I show correct >> screens, in the context in this case anyway. >> >> Can anyone suggest something useful please? Reinstall is an option, I >> would prefer to avoid it just now though. >> Who knows which file and where to edit or overwrite maybe? > > I'm going from memory here, but I think you need to do something like: > > update-alternatives --config usplash-artwork.so > > and select usplash-default.so > > I think you then need to do: > > update-initramfs -u > > but I'm not 100% sure about the details of the initramfs bit. > > Regards, > Tony.
Hey! great - success! Thanks indeed. Your answer gave me enough confidence to guess that the problem item was called usplash or similar, so with my fire resistant underwear on, I used synaptic package manager to search for usplash, and saw the context option to re-install it. Bingo. done! -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
