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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
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<refentry id="plymouth">
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<refentryinfo>
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<title>plymouth</title>
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<productname>plymouth</productname>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<contrib>Developer</contrib>
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<firstname>Kristian</firstname>
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<surname>Høgsberg</surname>
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</author>
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<author>
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<contrib>Developer</contrib>
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<firstname>Ray</firstname>
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<surname>Strode</surname>
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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</refentryinfo>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>plymouth</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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<refmiscinfo class="manual">System Administration</refmiscinfo>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>plymouth</refname>
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<refpurpose>A graphical boot system and logger</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para>
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<command>plymouth</command> is a graphical boot system for Linux which takes advantage of
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the kernel-based mode setting (KMS) available for modern graphic cards
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to provide a seamless, flickerfree and attractive boot screen. It
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allows to choose between various, static or animated graphical themes
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to spruce up the startup and avoid the noise generated by the vast
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amount of kernel messages while the machine boots into X. On systems
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where kernel-based mode setting is not available, plymouth falls back
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to a text mode boot screen which provides a simple progress bar to pro‐
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vide feedback during boot.
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</para>
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<para>
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In order for the configured default plymouth theme to be loaded during
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boot, the option `splash' (or `rhgb' for backward compatibility with
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the RHGB boot splash) must be provided at the kernel command line.
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Without this command line option, plymouth will default to showing
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detailed boot output.
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</para>
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<para>
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During the boot process, the user can switch between the graphical theme
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and the detailed boot output using the Escape key.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>See Also</title>
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<para>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>grub</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>plymouth-set-default-theme</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>plymouthd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>plymouth</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Plymouth">http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Plymouth</ulink>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Authors</title>
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<para>
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plymouth was originally prototyped and named by Kristian Høgsberg,
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originally written by Ray Strode and has had significant contributions from
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Charlie Brej. It has also had contributions from Peter Jones, Adam Jackson,
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Frederic Crozat and others.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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