Create your own boot splash screen in Debian

David Hausheer

Under Debian Etch the following packages are necessary:

apt-get install usplash libbogl0 libbogl-dev libgd2-noxpm libgd2-noxpm-dev imagemagick apt-get source usplash

Create a PNG image with resolution 640x480 and 16 colors using ImageMagick and copy it into the usplash source directory:

convert inputfile -resize 640x480! -colors 16 usplash-testcard.png cp usplash-testcard.png ~/usplash-0.3e/ cd ~/usplash-0.3e pngtobogl usplash-testcard.png > usplash-testcare.c

Edit usplash-testcard-theme.c to customize colors, text field, and progress bar. Finally compile and install as follows:

make cd /sbin mv usplash usplash.bak cp ~/usplash-0.3e/usplash . update-initramfs -u

Add the following boot parameters to your boot loader (e.g. Grub):

quiet splash vga=791

Create your own boot splash screen in Debian

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