plymouth(8)

NAME

   plymouth - A graphical boot system and logger

DESCRIPTION

   plymouth is a graphical boot system for Linux which takes advantage of
   the kernel-based mode setting (KMS) available for modern graphic cards
   to provide a seamless, flickerfree and attractive boot screen. It
   allows to choose between various, static or animated graphical themes
   to spruce up the startup and avoid the noise generated by the vast
   amount of kernel messages while the machine boots into X. On systems
   where kernel-based mode setting is not available, plymouth falls back
   to a text mode boot screen which provides a simple progress bar to pro
   vide feedback during boot.

   In order for the configured default plymouth theme to be loaded during
   boot, the option `splash' (or `rhgb' for backward compatibility with
   the RHGB boot splash) must be provided at the kernel command line.
   Without this command line option, plymouth will default to showing
   detailed boot output.

   During the boot process, the user can switch between the graphical
   theme and the detailed boot output using the Escape key.

SEE ALSO

   grub(8), plymouth-set-theme(1), plymouthd(8), plymouth(1),
   http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Plymouth

AUTHORS

   plymouth was originally prototyped and named by Kristian Hgsberg,
   originally written by Ray Strode and has had significant contributions
   from Charlie Brej. It has also had contributions from Peter Jones, Adam
   Jackson, Frederic Crozat and others.

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