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diff --git a/plymouth/plymouth.install b/plymouth/plymouth.install new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bfd234104 --- /dev/null +++ b/plymouth/plymouth.install @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +cat <<EOT + +================================================================================== +1. To make Plymouth work: + 1.1. Add "plymouth" to HOOKS after "base" and "udev" in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf + 1.2. Add 'quiet splash' to the grub command line + 1.3. Rebuild your initrd image (# mkinitcpio -p [kernel preset name]). + E.g.: sudo mkinitcpio -p linux + +2. To enable encryption, replace "encrypt" with "plymouth-encrypt" in + mkinitcpio.conf and rebuild your initrd image. + +3. You will also need to rebuild your initrd image every time you change your theme + (the default is set as 'spinfinity'). + + To list all plymouth themes: + plymouth-set-default-theme -l + + To change theme: + # plymouth-set-default-theme <theme> + + To rebuild initrd image: + # mkinitcpio -p linux + +4. For Smooth Transition to Display Manager you have to: + 4.1. See the Wiki Page (link in 5) to prepare your Display Manager + 4.2. Disable your Display Manager Unit + E.g. : systemctl disable kdm.service + 4.3. Enable the respective DM-plymouth Unit (GDM,KDM,LXDM units provided) + E.g. : systemctl enable kdm-plymouth.service + +5. For more information please visit the Wiki page: + https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Plymouth + +OBS. If you have any leftover "kill Plymouth" lines in /etc/rc.local or ~/.xinitrc + they are no longer required. +================================================================================== + +EOT |