Plymouth graphic bootsplash gone.

I remember that some years ago, by running the same hardware which I'm using now, the Plymouth boot-splash was running flawlessly. Yesterday I wanted to enable it again, but I noticed that it stopped working. At boot I see just the textual boot-splash (Tumbleweed Logo). Note: I'm using an Intel video card (i915 driver). I've googled a bit and it seems that this is a diffused issue. Any news about it? -- Marco Calistri Build: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20230325 Kernel: 6.2.8-1-default - XFCE: (4.18.1)

On Mon, 27 Mar 2023, 18:01:34 +0200, Marco Calistri wrote:
I remember that some years ago, by running the same hardware which I'm using now, the Plymouth boot-splash was running flawlessly.
Yesterday I wanted to enable it again, but I noticed that it stopped working.
At boot I see just the textual boot-splash (Tumbleweed Logo).
Note: I'm using an Intel video card (i915 driver).
I've googled a bit and it seems that this is a diffused issue.
Any news about it?
Try to find out which themes are available using: sudo plymouth-set-default-theme --list then use sudo plymouth-set-default-theme --rebuild-initrd <your-theme-name> to rebuild the initrd. After the next reboot you should see your chosen theme. HTH, cheers. l8er manfred

Il 27/03/23 13:59, Manfred Hollstein ha scritto:
On Mon, 27 Mar 2023, 18:01:34 +0200, Marco Calistri wrote:
I remember that some years ago, by running the same hardware which I'm using now, the Plymouth boot-splash was running flawlessly.
Yesterday I wanted to enable it again, but I noticed that it stopped working.
At boot I see just the textual boot-splash (Tumbleweed Logo).
Note: I'm using an Intel video card (i915 driver).
I've googled a bit and it seems that this is a diffused issue.
Any news about it? Try to find out which themes are available using:
sudo plymouth-set-default-theme --list
then use
sudo plymouth-set-default-theme --rebuild-initrd <your-theme-name>
to rebuild the initrd. After the next reboot you should see your chosen theme.
HTH, cheers.
l8er manfred
Hi Manfred! Thanks for the feedback! I used tou use mkconfig to rebuilt my initrd: sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Doesn't it do the same? Regards, -- Marco Calistri Build: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20230325 Kernel: 6.2.8-1-default - XFCE: (4.18.1)

Hi Marco, On Mon, 27 Mar 2023, 20:08:45 +0200, Marco Calistri wrote:
Il 27/03/23 13:59, Manfred Hollstein ha scritto:
On Mon, 27 Mar 2023, 18:01:34 +0200, Marco Calistri wrote:
I remember that some years ago, by running the same hardware which I'm using now, the Plymouth boot-splash was running flawlessly.
Yesterday I wanted to enable it again, but I noticed that it stopped working.
At boot I see just the textual boot-splash (Tumbleweed Logo).
Note: I'm using an Intel video card (i915 driver).
I've googled a bit and it seems that this is a diffused issue.
Any news about it? Try to find out which themes are available using:
sudo plymouth-set-default-theme --list
then use
sudo plymouth-set-default-theme --rebuild-initrd <your-theme-name>
to rebuild the initrd. After the next reboot you should see your chosen theme.
HTH, cheers.
l8er manfred
Hi Manfred!
Thanks for the feedback!
I used tou use mkconfig to rebuilt my initrd: sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
Doesn't it do the same?
No! sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg is absolutely the right command to build your initrd to include all modules you need for booting your system. Plymouth is just eye-care, if you want something different, you need to configure that appropriately. Either "sudo plymouth-set-default-theme --rebuild-initrd <your-theme-name>" will generate the new initrd, or you need to call "sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg" another time. However, you need to select the theme you want Plymouth to use *before* that!
Regards,
HTH, cheers. l8er manfred

Il 27/03/23 15:43, Manfred Hollstein ha scritto:
Hi Marco,
On Mon, 27 Mar 2023, 20:08:45 +0200, Marco Calistri wrote:
Il 27/03/23 13:59, Manfred Hollstein ha scritto:
On Mon, 27 Mar 2023, 18:01:34 +0200, Marco Calistri wrote:
I remember that some years ago, by running the same hardware which I'm using now, the Plymouth boot-splash was running flawlessly.
Yesterday I wanted to enable it again, but I noticed that it stopped working.
At boot I see just the textual boot-splash (Tumbleweed Logo).
Note: I'm using an Intel video card (i915 driver).
I've googled a bit and it seems that this is a diffused issue.
Any news about it? Try to find out which themes are available using:
sudo plymouth-set-default-theme --list
then use
sudo plymouth-set-default-theme --rebuild-initrd <your-theme-name>
to rebuild the initrd. After the next reboot you should see your chosen theme.
HTH, cheers.
l8er manfred Hi Manfred!
Thanks for the feedback!
I used tou use mkconfig to rebuilt my initrd: sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
Doesn't it do the same? No! sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg is absolutely the right command to build your initrd to include all modules you need for booting your system. Plymouth is just eye-care, if you want something different, you need to configure that appropriately. Either "sudo plymouth-set-default-theme --rebuild-initrd <your-theme-name>" will generate the new initrd, or you need to call "sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg" another time. However, you need to select the theme you want Plymouth to use *before* that!
You're right Manfred! I was not aware to have to execute the --rebuild-initrd! And till I've not executed such command, the bootsplash didn't appeared. So far so good! Many thanks for your prompt and right instruction! Best regards,
Regards, HTH, cheers.
l8er manfred
-- Marco Calistri Build: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20230325 Kernel: 6.2.8-1-default - XFCE: (4.18.1)

On Mon, 27 Mar 2023, 21:15:56 +0200, Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
On 27.03.2023 21:43, Manfred Hollstein wrote:
No! sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg is absolutely the right command to build your initrd to include all modules you need for booting your system.
grub2-mkconfig has absolutely nothing to do with initrd and never had.
Of course you're right, but grub2-mkconfig is the right command to generate the proper boot configuration right before the usual mkinitrd/dracut command to actually generate the initrd. I forgot about that, but use these commands in the required order. Nevertheless, Marco should use "sudo plymouth-set-default-theme --rebuild-initrd <your-theme-name>" to achieve what he wants. Cheers. l8er manfred
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Andrei Borzenkov
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Manfred Hollstein
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Marco Calistri