Change the mint logo that appears when booting system

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Change the mint logo that appears when booting system

Post by chri5 »

How do I change the Linux Mint logo on the splash screen? The one that appears when booting the system.

Or where is that image so I can replace it with something else?
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Re: Change the mint logo that appears when booting system

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You can switch between the installed splash screen with these 2 commands in the terminal:

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sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
sudo update-initramfs -u -k all
One command after the other; the second command is only needed, if you effectively switched to another one.

Note, that other splash screens may produce several side effects (not showing correctly, not allowing messages to appear).
chri5

Re: Change the mint logo that appears when booting system

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So I can't simply replace the existing image with one that has the same dimensions and file format?
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Re: Change the mint logo that appears when booting system

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You find the files inside the subfolders of /lib/plymouth/themes. I have never felt the need to deal with that, so I have no idea, where you might come into trouble.
chri5

Re: Change the mint logo that appears when booting system

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When I replace what I thought was the mint logo image in /lib/plymouth/themes/mint-logo it ignores what I've done and displays the mint logo.
chri5

Re: Change the mint logo that appears when booting system

Post by chri5 »

after a bit of searching I found this command

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sudo update-initramfs -u
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Re: Change the mint logo that appears when booting system

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It seems you didn't read my first post.
Ozo

Re: Change the mint logo that appears when booting system

Post by Ozo »

You can bypass that screen entirely by logging in automatically.
chri5

Re: Change the mint logo that appears when booting system

Post by chri5 »

Cosmo. wrote:It seems you didn't read my first post.
ha yes you're right, well the second bit. :oops:
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