Kubuntu Boot Screen?

[themoodude]

I originally installed Ubuntu 10.10 a while ago, and subsequently installed the kubuntu-desktop and primarily use the plasma interface, kde apps, and the kdm login etc. What I've noticed however is that a fair while ago (I don't know exactly when) the graphic boot screen (originally the Ubuntu logo with the scrolling dots; and subsequently the Kubuntu logo with dots) changed to a text-based version; still with the dots, however no gradient background, and additional text detailing services starting/stopping (on startup and shutdown).

(I'm referring to the screen you get before the login screen; I'm not entirely up to scratch on terminology)

Is there anyway to restore the graphic screen rather than the text-based one? I've tried installing usplash (as it appears I don't have it installed) however both apt-get and kpackagekit are listing certain dependencies and then saying they will not be installed. I've even tried manually apt-get installing all the listed dependencies however am always told they're already installed...

I don't know what could be causing it, or what to do to restore the more visually pleasing alternative.

Any help would be great

Cheers,
Dean

[ubuntuku]

Re: Kubuntu Boot Screen?

Simply run the following command to change plymouth splash screen:

sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
sudo update-initramfs -u

[themoodude]

Re: Kubuntu Boot Screen?

Thanks for the reply however I've already tried that; selecting kubuntu-logo. I've tried both the auto and manual mode options for it, yet neither seem to bring back the graphical boot screen.

[ubuntuku]

Re: Kubuntu Boot Screen?

Plymouth conflicts with usplash, so you can't install usplash. If you have nVidia/ATI drivers, you may need to make some mods to the grub as mentioned in plymouth doc.

ubuntuku@satellite:~$ cat /usr/share/doc/plymouth/README.Debian
Changing Themes
---------------

Plymouth themes are installed into sub-directories of /lib/plymouth/themes,
some themes may require plugins installed (as .so files) into /lib/plymouth.

Search the archive for packages named plymouth-theme-*

To change the current theme:

 sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
 sudo update-initramfs -u

To restore the default theme:

 sudo update-alternatives --auto default.plymouth
 sudo update-initramfs -u


Disabling the splash screen
---------------------------

There are two methods to disable the splash screen. Both have the
same effect. Your boot will show such messages as are emitted by
the starting services, and will still be able to prompt if needs be.

 1) Remove all of the plymouth-theme-* packages from your system,
  including the text ones. Plymouth will remain installed to
  permit boot-time prompts.

 2) Remove "splash" from the kernel command-line. You can do this
  per-boot, or make it permanent by changing the
  GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT line in /etc/default/grub


High-color graphics on nVidia, ATI and other cards
--------------------------------------------------

Our default configuration uses low-color graphics on cards or drivers
for which "Kernel Mode Setting" (in-kernel graphics drivers) are not
available.

This is because the driver that permits high-color graphics tends to
cause issues with suspend and resume, and we opted to prefer that
working.

  For nVidia and ATI users, the default "nouveau" and "radeon"
  drivers are Kernel Mode Setting enabled, but do not always
  provide 3D capability at the current time. By switching to
  using the restricted/non-free nvidia-glx or fglrx drivers,
  you will gain 3D capability at the loss of a high-color
  splash screen.

You can however chose to enable high-color (and resolution) console
if you find it doesn't affect suspend/resume for you, or you don't
use that feature.

There are various methods of doing this, the most robust is the
following four steps:

 Append video=vesafb to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in
  /etc/default/grub
 sudo update-grub

 echo FRAMEBUFFER=y | sudo tee /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash
 sudo update-initramfs -u

[themoodude]

Re: Kubuntu Boot Screen?

Ah I see; it's to do with my nVidia card. If the use of the non-free 3D accelerated drivers can cause issues than I'll suffer the low-res boot screen, so as to avoid any issues in the future. I'd rather a set up that works than looks good