plymouth does not load the splash screen on boot

Akilesh1597 · 2014-11-01 11:18:08

I installed plymouth, plymouth-theme-arch-logo from AUR. then created new initramfs using the 'plymouth-set-default-theme -R' option. On my 'kernel line' I have given 'quiet splash' options.

But when I boot I only get a '%oo' , thrice and the keep glowing alternatively and nothing else happens. I was expecting to see some decent art work. Can anyone help me in this.

karol · 2014-11-01 15:34:38

Any errors / warnings in the logs or systemd's journal?

nskool · 2014-11-03 17:24:08

I too have had the same problem and haven't been able to get plymouth working properly yet...Currently there are lot of issues related to video drivers as well as stopping issues with plymouth. Also, plymouth works properly only with certain DMs i guess. Which DM are you using? and have you disabled the respective xDM service and enabled xDM-plymouth service?

I was able to get plymouth working with gdm after gnome updated to 3.14. The plymouth service ran properly at boot but wouldn't stop when it was supposed to and thus I would be in a boot loop.

Any help here would be great. Currently I'm using LightDM...Is there a way to get plymouth working with LightDM?

markzz · 2014-11-04 05:40:05

Which version of plymouth are you using? 0.9.x is known to be broken.

If you wish, I have a packaged version of what I am using (0.8.8-7), or if you would rather build yourself, I'll provide where I store the PKGBUILD for it. This version works perfectly with GDM 3.14.
http://arch.markzz.com/packages/x86_64/ … e/0.8.8/7/
https://github.com/markzz/aur-markzz/tr … th-release

Last edited by markzz (2015-05-28 23:04:17)

nskool · 2014-11-05 19:46:10

Thanks for the post markzz...will give it a try soon...! (exam season here )

MDykstra · 2014-11-06 09:18:47

Plymouth 0.9.0-4 was working for me before kernel update 3.17.1. I read Linux 3.17.1 had updates to the Intel Graphics module, giving me some issues. I can confirm Plymouth displays "%oo %oo %oo" on boot. Sometimes I see a splash on shutdown; methinks X11 leaves with the right display mode for Plymouth, where on boot Plymouth is not doing KMS correctly. Wonder if it is now specific to Intel Graphics.

Last edited by MDykstra (2014-11-06 09:19:36)

Akilesh1597 · 2014-11-09 13:57:14

Sorry for such a late reply.
@karol
No errors in boot.log. How do I filter boot logs using journalctl?

@everyone else
I am using
plymouth 0.9.0-4
plymouth-theme-arch-logo 0.1-1
Intel video driver and lightdm.

@markzz
I am yet to try your fix.

Akilesh1597 · 2014-11-09 14:08:06

@markzz
I used your package directly( I am lazy ). It works perfect with lightdm too.

nbb · 2014-11-09 17:32:37

I've had the same problem. Add modules for graphics in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf just like described in wiki.

MDykstra · 2014-11-12 12:08:18

The package from markzz isn't working for me. Since plymouth-0.9.0-4 was working I obviously have "i915" added to modules in "/etc/mkinitcpio.conf".
This for me occurred after 3.17.1 kernel update with Intel HD graphics 3000.
So I blame changes to the "i915" kernel mode setting driver (ver. 1.6.0 20140725)

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plymouth does not load the splash screen on boot

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