2009-02-27, 09:14
I finally got it working, here is what I did:
- I started fresh with a new hardy minimal install ( I just wanted to undo all the trials and extra packages I loaded during my initial troubleshooting)
- ran the suggested command which created the usr/lib/usplash dir along with two files (I can't remember I installed libgd2-xpm-dev, so you can try it without it)
sudo apt-get -y install usplash-theme-ubuntu xubuntu-artwork-usplash
- Rebooted and got the xubuntu splash
- finished the remaining steps in the guide, but it wasn't working
- so I downloaded the splash zip from dudukes website
- unzip it and compiled
- copied the image and overwrote the xubunty splash (usplash-theme-xubuntu.so) in /usr/lib/usplash
- I made sure that usplash-theme-xubuntu.so is still selected by running
sudo update-alternatives --config usplash-artwork.so
- edit etc/usplash.conf according to the guide
- and then run
sudo update-initramfs -u
So the main difference is that I had to recompile the splash and not use the one linked in the guide, which still wouldn't work
- I started fresh with a new hardy minimal install ( I just wanted to undo all the trials and extra packages I loaded during my initial troubleshooting)
- ran the suggested command which created the usr/lib/usplash dir along with two files (I can't remember I installed libgd2-xpm-dev, so you can try it without it)
sudo apt-get -y install usplash-theme-ubuntu xubuntu-artwork-usplash
- Rebooted and got the xubuntu splash
- finished the remaining steps in the guide, but it wasn't working
- so I downloaded the splash zip from dudukes website
- unzip it and compiled
- copied the image and overwrote the xubunty splash (usplash-theme-xubuntu.so) in /usr/lib/usplash
- I made sure that usplash-theme-xubuntu.so is still selected by running
sudo update-alternatives --config usplash-artwork.so
- edit etc/usplash.conf according to the guide
- and then run
sudo update-initramfs -u
So the main difference is that I had to recompile the splash and not use the one linked in the guide, which still wouldn't work