preview plymouth theme on ubuntu

plymouth-preview.sh

#!/bin/bash
 
## Preview Plymouth Splash ##
##      by _khAttAm_       ##
##    www.khattam.info     ##
##    License: GPL v3      ##
 
chk_root () {
 
  if [ ! $( id -u ) -eq 0 ]; then
    echo Must be run as root
    exit
  fi
 
}
 
chk_root
 
DURATION=$1
 
if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
	DURATION=10
fi
 
plymouthd; plymouth --show-splash ; for ((I=0; I<$DURATION; I++)); do plymouth --update=test$I ; sleep 1; done; plymouth quit

I think you don't need this for ((I=0; I<$DURATION; I++)); do plymouth --update=test$I ; sleep 1; done; loop...
Please take a look at my simplified version:

#!/bin/bash

# Preview Plymouth Splash
# by _khAttAm_
# www.khattam.info
# License: GPL v3
# source: https://gist.github.com/nextgenthemes/5396198
# modified by Sébastien Bouchard <[email protected]>

chk_root () {
  if [ ! $( id -u ) -eq 0 ]; then
    echo; echo; echo; echo; echo "Must be run as root!"
    exit
  fi
}
chk_root

DURATION=$1
if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
    DURATION=10
fi

plymouthd; plymouth --show-splash; sleep $DURATION; plymouth quit

package plymouth-x11 is needed for running the script and it's running inside terminal if fullback get to text mode

For ubuntu users :

sudo apt-get install plymouth-x11

@SebastJava

I used this to preview a boot screen animation so my guess is that loop is actually needed but I have not tested it.

@AbdelazizSharaf001

and it's running inside terminal if fullback get to text mode

English please, this is unreadable.

Damn 10 years ago I was already on Github. I do not care about any custom boot animation these days.

@nextgenthemes Yes, I know it is an animation. All Plymouth themes are animations, aren't they ? Here is mine :

https://github.com/SebastJava/plymouth-theme-mint-logo-2#readme

There, you will find how simple is my preview.sh...

English please, this is unreadable.

If any error occured, plymouth has a text theme that will be loaded

And it just run it in terminal

this gives it the characteristics of the terminal application not the real display

so some features don't work

Also no animation is been loaded

However this is helpful to show the first frame at least