Manjaro Difference between pages "Manjaro Settings Manager" and "Plymouth"

Difference between pages "Manjaro Settings Manager" and "Plymouth"

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Plymouth is an application that runs very early in the boot process (even before the root filesystem is mounted) that provides a graphical boot animation while the boot process happens in the background.


= Overview =
The 0.8.10 Manjaro main editions use Plymouth by default.


[[File:Msm.jpg|thumb|left|375px]]
== Installation ==


The Manjaro Settings Manager offers you a series of settings, which are either enabled by Manjaro (i.e. installation of multiple kernels) or are missing from at least some of popular [[Desktop Environments|Desktop Environments and Window Managers]].
The steps from https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Plymouth#Installation apply, except the last step;


Manjaro Settings Manager is under development and might offer even more settings than illustrated on the left.
To rebuild the initrd image, following command is used:


sudo mkinitcpio -p linux<version>


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Here {{ic|<version>}} represents your kernel version. For example,


== Language ==
sudo mkinitcpio -p linux314


[[File:Msm-lang.jpg|thumb|left|375px]]
== Configuration ==


The system language can be added, changed, and removed in this window.
See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Plymouth#Configuration


If you want to have different languages for System, individual user and the Linux console, read how on [[Locale]]
== Removal ==


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4 or 5 steps are neede to remove Plymouth. Some of them are:


== Kernel ==
* Remove plymouth hook from ''/etc/mkinitcpio.conf''


[[File:Msm-kernels.jpg|thumb|left|375px]]
* Regenerate the initramfs for your kernel with '''sudo mkinitcpio -p linux<version>'''


This window enables the user to easily manage and change all available kernels for Manjaro. Running and installed kernels can be easily identified.  Read more on the [[Manjaro Kernels]] page.
* Remove the word splash from the Grub command line options via editing ''/etc/default/grub''


* Update Grub config file with '''sudo update-grub'''


* Configure display manager: [https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=14213.msg128429#msg128429 For Xfce] or [https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=14213.msg139844#msg139844 For KDE].


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After that you the plymouth package and its themes can be removed.


== Time and Date ==  
== Forum Support ==


[[File:Msm-time.jpg|thumb|left|375px]]
Have a look at the following link: [https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=14213.0 Plymouth]
 
Some Desktop Environments do not offer an easy way to edit time and date (i.e. XFCE).
This window enables the user to do that.
 
 
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== Hardware Detection ==
 
[[File:Msm-mhwd.jpg|thumb|left|375px]]
 
This window offers an easy way install free/non-proprietary/open-source and non-free/proprietary/closed-source graphics card drivers by the click of a button.
 
If Manjaro did not install a wireless network card driver during installation, it can be installed here as well.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Revision as of 19:32, 8 September 2014

Plymouth is an application that runs very early in the boot process (even before the root filesystem is mounted) that provides a graphical boot animation while the boot process happens in the background.

The 0.8.10 Manjaro main editions use Plymouth by default.

Installation

The steps from https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Plymouth#Installation apply, except the last step;

To rebuild the initrd image, following command is used:

sudo mkinitcpio -p linux<version>

Here <version> represents your kernel version. For example,

sudo mkinitcpio -p linux314

Configuration

See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Plymouth#Configuration

Removal

4 or 5 steps are neede to remove Plymouth. Some of them are:

  • Remove plymouth hook from /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
  • Regenerate the initramfs for your kernel with sudo mkinitcpio -p linux<version>
  • Remove the word splash from the Grub command line options via editing /etc/default/grub
  • Update Grub config file with sudo update-grub

After that you the plymouth package and its themes can be removed.

Forum Support

Have a look at the following link: Plymouth

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