Ubuntu

plymouth theme management

Asked by GuyR

Hello all
According to
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/...lymouth.8.html

It is possible to manage plymouth theme.

But when running:
root@ubuntu-desktop:/# plymouth-set-default-theme --list
Le programme « plymouth-set-default-theme » n'est pas installé. Vous pouvez l'installer en saisissant
apt-get install plymouth

The system told me to install Plymouth !!!
But it is installed !!

root@ubuntu-desktop:/# locate plymouth
/bin/plymouth
/etc/alternatives/default.plymouth
/etc/init/plymouth-log.conf
/etc/init/plymouth-splash.conf
/etc/init/plymouth-stop.conf
/etc/init/plymouth.conf
/etc/init.d/plymouth
/etc/init.d/plymouth-log
/etc/init.d/plymouth-splash
/etc/init.d/plymouth-stop
/etc/rc0.d/K20plymouth
/etc/rc1.d/K20plymouth
/etc/rc2.d/S20plymouth
/etc/rc3.d/S20plymouth
/etc/rc4.d/S20plymouth
/etc/rc5.d/S20plymouth
/etc/rc6.d/K20plymouth
/lib/plymouth
/lib/plymouth/details.so
/lib/plymouth/fade-throbber.so
/lib/plymouth/label.so
/lib/plymouth/renderers
/lib/plymouth/script.so
/lib/plymouth/themes
/lib/plymouth/ubuntu-logo.png
/lib/plymouth/renderers/drm.so
/lib/plymouth/renderers/frame-buffer.so
/lib/plymouth/renderers/vga16fb.so
/lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth
/lib/plymouth/themes/details
/lib/plymouth/themes/fade-in
/lib/plymouth/themes/details/details.plymouth
/lib/plymouth/themes/fade-in/bullet.png
/lib/plymouth/themes/fade-in/entry.png
/lib/plymouth/themes/fade-in/fade-in.plymouth
/lib/plymouth/themes/fade-in/lock.png
/lib/plymouth/themes/fade-in/star.png
/sbin/plymouthd
/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_plymouth.py
/usr/share/doc/libplymouth2
/usr/share/doc/plymouth
/usr/share/doc/plymouth-theme-fade-in
/usr/share/doc/libplymouth2/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/libplymouth2/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/libplymouth2/copyright
/usr/share/doc/plymouth/README.Debian
/usr/share/doc/plymouth/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/plymouth/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/plymouth/copyright
/usr/share/doc/plymouth-theme-fade-in/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/plymouth-theme-fade-in/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/plymouth-theme-fade-in/copyright
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/plymouth
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-bottom/plymouth
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-top/plymouth
/var/cache/apt/archives/libplymouth2_0.8.1-1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/plymouth-theme-fade-in_0.8.1-1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/plymouth_0.8.0~-17_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/plymouth_0.8.1-1_i386.deb
/var/lib/plymouth
/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/default.plymouth
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libplymouth2.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libplymouth2.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libplymouth2.postinst
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libplymouth2.postrm
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libplymouth2.shlibs
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libplymouth2.symbols
/var/lib/dpkg/info/plymouth-theme-fade-in.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/plymouth-theme-fade-in.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/plymouth-theme-fade-in.postinst
/var/lib/dpkg/info/plymouth-theme-fade-in.postrm
/var/lib/dpkg/info/plymouth.conffiles
/var/lib/dpkg/info/plymouth.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/plymouth.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/plymouth.postinst
/var/lib/dpkg/info/plymouth.postrm
/var/lib/dpkg/info/plymouth.preinst
/var/lib/plymouth/boot-duration
/var/lib/plymouth/shutdown-duration

What's happening??

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Best George Standish (george-standish-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

GuyR,

I'm assuming your running Lucid (if you've gotten Plymouth on Karmic somehow, this doesn't apply)

As of two days ago using the command "sudo plymouth-set-default-theme --list" would in fact list the available themes, now I am also getting "sudo: plymouth-set-default-theme: command not found"

See Bug 549321 at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/549321 which deals with not being able to set the default theme, and getting a command not found error as well.

I'm sure, as the forum poster suggested to your post http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1440223 that it will be fixed soon - it is certainly a "bug" and you are using the correct command.

Best of luck,
George

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GuyR (guy-rouger) said : 		#2

Hello George,
Thanks for your answer.
I will wait for Plymouth update in Lucid Lynx
Best regards.

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GuyR (guy-rouger) said : 		#3

In fact the command to use is:
sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth