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:
Code:
$ 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:
Code:
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:
Code:
$ tar xzf ubuntu_splashy_theme.tar.gz
(6) Copy files to splashy dir:
Code:
$ sudo cp -a ubuntu/ /etc/splashy/themes
(7) Edit splashy config file:
Code:
$ 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:
Code:
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
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