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Replace the Ubuntu Plymouth Boot Screen with an XBMC oneJanuary 12, 2012 Scott Howell Leave a comment Go to comments

So you have setup and installed XBMCLive to your HTPC and you have the purple Ubuntu boot screen,ever thought you could make it look a bit more relevant to your XBMC install.Well now you can by installing a pretty XBMC one. Found this info a while ago and thought I wouldshare it with you all. So lets get started on making the boot up of your XBMC machine so much nicer.

NOTE: The below may break the plymouth boot screen completely and I will not be held responsiblefor any of the below doing so, as this is information I have found to work for my system.

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To install the XBMC boot screen logo, enter the following via the console by pressing Ctrl + Alt + F1 orSSHing to your box:

sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install plymouth-label v86dsudo wget http://excyle.nl/plymouth-theme-xbmc-logo.debsudo dpkg -i plymouth-theme-xbmc-logo.deb

Now we need to change the default GRUB config to use a higher resolution. Please ensure that your videocard can handle this resolution otherwise this will not work.You can change this if you like also.

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

Once this is open you need to add the below in blue at the end of the line withGRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT and GRUB_GFXMODE:Press Ctrl + X to exit then press Y to save.

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet...level=0video=uvesafb:mode_option=1366x768-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap"GRUB_GFXMODE=1366x768

Now we need to update the Initramfs-Module:

sudo nano /etc/initramfs-tools/modules

Add the below to the last line of this file:

uvesafb mode_option=1366x768-24 mtrr=3 scroll=ywrap

Lastly we need to edit the splash file to enable the FrameBuffer:

sudo nano /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash

Enter the below into this file:

FRAMEBUFFER=y

Finally update GRUB and initramfs to use the new files that have been changed:

sudo update-grubsudo update-initramfs -u

Reboot to see your brand new Boot Screen:

sudo reboot

It should have gone from the purple Ubuntu one to the new black and silver XBMC one.

I hope this has helped to make your XBMC machine nice and flashy

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