FAQ
1) Can I choose a different theme during system startup (e.g. in Grub) ?
Sure ;)
For every theme you have to setup an additional entry in the
bootloader config file and append the parameter theme=X to
the kernel command line, where X is the name of the theme.
You should have the appropriate initrd for every theme, of course ;)
Here is an example configuration of my current configuration of grub:
default 0
timeout 8
color white/blue black/light-gray
gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/message
title=Gentoo Linux 1.4 ( 2.4.20 - Gentoo )
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-crypto root=/dev/hda5 hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi
video=mtrr,vesa:800x600 vga=0x314 splash=silent theme=gentoo
initrd=/initrd-2.4.20-Gentoo
title=Gentoo Linux 1.4 ( 2.4.20 - SuSE )
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-crypto root=/dev/hda5 hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi
video=vesa:mtrr,800x600 vga=0x314 splash=silent theme=SuSE-8.2
initrd=/initrd-2.4.20-SuSE-8.2
title=Gentoo Linux 1.4 ( 2.4.20 - Linux )
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-crypto root=/dev/hda5 hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi
video=mtrr,vesa:1024x768 vga=0x317 splash=silent theme=Linux
initrd=/initrd-2.4.20-Linux
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2) How can I setup different splash images on different ttys ?
The configuration files for tty-dependend splash images are called
vtsplash-X-Y.cfg, where X is the tty number
(starting with 0) and Y is the resolution which has to correspond
to the actually used resolution. The configuration file is searched in
/etc/bootsplash/THEME/config/, where THEME is
the currently used theme.
Assumed, you use the gentoo-theme and want to have the
image from the SuSE-8.2-theme on console 2 and the image from the
Linux-theme on console 4 (e.g. at 800x600), then you have to
link the appropriate configuration files to /etc/bootsplash/gentoo/config/vtsplash-X.Y.cfg:
$ ln -s /etc/bootsplash/SuSE-8.2/config/bootsplash-800x600.cfg \
/etc/bootsplash/gentoo/config/vtsplash-1-800x600.cfg
$ ln -s /etc/bootsplash/Linux/config/bootsplash-800x600.cfg \
/etc/bootsplash/gentoo/config/vtsplash-3-800x600.cfg
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3) Where do I have to install my own theme ?
The theme should be installed in /etc/bootsplash/NAME, where
NAME is the name of the theme.
E1) splash line 72 /usr/bin/chvt not found
The path to chvt has changed from /usr/bin/chvt to /bin/chvt. This will be fixed
in the next version ( 0.5.3 ).
Thanks to Okrain Genady <Mafteah at Mafteah dot Co dot iL>
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