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preview plymouth theme on ubuntu
#!/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
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nextgenthemes commented Mar 30, 2023

@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.

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@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...

Animated GIF

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Sharaf5 commented Apr 2, 2023

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

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