HOWTO: Bootup splash screen with splashy

[infinito]

This howto will allow you to get a bootup image with progress bar, like the livecd does.
In this post i'm using my self-made theme. You can make your own or download another, it's up to you!

Splashy for Ubuntu

(1) Download latest splashy package from: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/splashy/

(2) Install the splashy .deb:

$ sudo dpkg -i splashy_0.1.3.svn.2_i386.deb

(3) Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst to add vga=792 (1024x768 millions colors) or vga=791 (1024x768 thousands colors) to your default boot option.
For example:

title		Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.10-5-k7 Default 
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/vmlinuz root=/dev/hde6 ro quiet splash vga=792
initrd		/initrd.img
savedefault
boot

See codes table below:

(4) Download my Ubuntu splashy theme from: http://infinito.f2o.org/downloads/ub...y_theme.tar.gz

You can get more themes from: http://splashy.alioth.debian.org/themes/

(5) Untar ubuntu theme:

$ tar xzf ubuntu_splashy_theme.tar.gz

(6) Copy files to splashy dir:

$ sudo cp -a ubuntu/ /etc/splashy/themes

(7) Edit splashy config file:

$ sudo mv /etc/splashy/config.xml /etc/splashy/config.xml.old
$ sudo mv /etc/splashy/themes/ubuntu/config.xml /etc/splashy

That's all! Next time you reboot your computer you'll see splashy in action!

Links of interest:
http://nanofreesoft.org/index.php/Splashy
http://nanofreesoft.org/index.php/Upower

VGA Codes Table:

                640x480    800x600    1024x768       1280x1024
256 colors        768        771         773            775
32K colors        784        787         790            793
64K colors        785        788         791            794
16M colors        786        789         792            795