Switch Between Plymouth Themes

[Neal ManBear]

Graphically:
Menu > More Applications > Configuration > EZswitch. --- You can switch between the themes that you have installed using this app. It will generate a list of the themes you have installed from which you can choose a theme to use.

Command line:
Open your terminal (konsole for KDE users) and enter these commands --

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su
give root password at the prompt --

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cd /usr/share/plymouth/themes

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remove-theme
You can skip this step, but it is beneficial in that it helps to keep your initrd.img from becoming too large.

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switch-themes >>name-of-theme<<
Instead of >>name-of-theme<<, use the name of the theme you are switching to. -- Note that the names are case sensitive. The name you enter must be an exact match to the name of the theme folder in /usr/share/plymouth/themes. Examples: PCLinuxOS, LXDE-Flight, legacy and RadicallySimple.

[Tony]

I don't have EZswitch installed. Would I find it in Synaptic ? Thanyou Neal .

[Neal ManBear]

I don't have EZswitch installed. Would I find it in Synaptic ? Thanyou Neal .

Yes, of course you would.

[Tony]

Thanks for answering my dumb Question    (Past my bedtime)

I may wait till after the dust settles with this Software Update before fiddling, mainly as I'm not skilled in the Art of PCLOS.

A good time to backup as advised by Texstar concerning present graphics, if you want to retain them.

[Neal ManBear]

You may find this thread interesting. These are in our repos.

[Tony]

Thankyou very much Neal.
I have that Thread - Plymouth themes, "Bookmarked", but it looks bigger than last I read it so thanks for the heads up.

Anyone who may feel they have no Control over their Theme due to Updates via Synaptic, should read:
1.) Software Update: KDE 4.6.4 Desktop
2.) Plus, the Thread Neal suggested: Plymouth themes

Please read the first post by Neal to gain the wisdom he's offering, before other issues were raised by me.
Excellent knowledge to put in a txt Doc for reference, and, or just apply.
 
I'm a PCLinuxOS Idiot. 

p.s. Sorry, if I took this off thread Neal, trying to help if I can.

[Neal ManBear]

I believe that goes into the "additional info" category, Francis.