Changing an image between grub and GDM Login

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Sorry. I know this has been asked before but I am not finding anything that works and after a couple of days I am getting frustrated.

I am using Ubuntu 10.04 i386

I know how to change the Grub menu image. I have the login screen image and theme changed as well with GDM. What I am trying to find/do is get the Ubuntu purple wallpaper image that is between grub and gdm and change it. I think it is called usplash but I might be wrong. I have tried a few things already, two days of searching as well. I found a lot of info but nothing is working. The startup manager sounded the most promising. But as I said that didn't work. It only lets me change the resolution and what I want to boot into by default in Grub.

Where is the loading image/wallpaper stored at, the one between the grub boot menu and gdm loging screen? (It is the one that has a purple background, the Ubuntu logo and underneath the dots that move from left to right as everything is loading before you get to the loging screen.)

I am not sure if I am explaining this right. I am familiar with Linux, more or less, but this is something new I want to try and I have no idea where to go next. It seems like all that I am finding is outdated or just doesn't work.

---------- Post updated at 08:56 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:26 PM ----------

Ok. Guess there is now way of doing this. Maybe some day it can be done. Sorry for wasting everyones time.

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Wow. 5 hours of no reply in this forum, and you're already giving up.

Anyways: The image isn't called usplash, but is the output of the usplash program. There's a description here, with a customization guide here.

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No, didn't give up for lack of reply here, etc. After a couple of days of research I found a few posts (other forums) that said it wasn't possible or possible anymore. So I just added that to my post above. It had nothing to do with the five hours here. I am glad I posted this then before I stopped trying to do it, lol. Thanks for those links.

---------- Post updated at 04:17 AM ---------- Previous update was at 02:22 AM ----------

Well I tried both and the biggest problem I had was that in order to go further it would break GDM and Plymouth. Neither link worked at all. I did get the usplash-theme-debian installed but it broke the log out screen (I just mean it was gone except for the moving dots ) Everything still worked fine. When I booted the Ubuntu usplash was still there however.

Here is an example of one thing I was doing and the wall I kept hitting. This is a little different then what it read before, but basically the same. I am tired so I am not going any further on this right now. I don't want to blow up my computer. I wonder if they changed something in Ubuntu so we would be forced to look at purple all the time. Might be some devs weird purple obsession, forcing it on us all :smiley:

$ aptitude search usplash
p   ichthux-artwork-usplash         - Ichthux artwork for usplash               
i   libusplash-dev                  - Theming support files for usplash         
i A libusplash0                     - userspace bootsplash library              
v   mythbuntu-artwork-usplash       -                                           
p   usplash                         - Userspace bootsplash utility              
v   usplash-theme                   -                                           
pi  usplash-theme-debian            - Debian usplash theme                      
p   usplash-theme-sabily            - Usplash theme for Sabily                  
p   usplash-theme-taibah            - Usplash theme for Sabily Taibah           
p   usplash-theme-ubuntu            - Usplash theme for Ubuntu                  
p   usplash-theme-ubuntu-color      - Usplash theme in color for Ubuntu         
p   usplash-theme-ubuntume          - Usplash theme for Sabily (transitional pac
p   usplash-theme-ubuntustudio      - Usplash theme for Ubuntu Studio 

$ sudo aptitude install usplash-theme-ubuntu-color
[sudo] password for: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information      
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
  gdm plymouth 
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  usplash{a} usplash-theme-ubuntu{a} usplash-theme-ubuntu-color 
0 packages upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 114kB of archives. After unpacking 999kB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  gdm: Breaks: usplash but 0.5.51 is to be installed.
  plymouth: Conflicts: usplash but 0.5.51 is to be installed.
Unable to resolve dependencies!  Giving up...
The following packages are BROKEN:
  gdm plymouth 
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  usplash{a} usplash-theme-ubuntu{a} usplash-theme-ubuntu-color 
0 packages upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 114kB of archives. After unpacking 999kB will be used.
aptitude failed to find a solution to these dependencies.  You can solve them yourself by hand or type 'n' to quit.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  gdm: Breaks: usplash but 0.5.51 is to be installed.
  plymouth: Conflicts: usplash but 0.5.51 is to be installed.
Resolve these dependencies by hand? [N/+/-/_/:/?]

---------- Post updated 05-19-10 at 03:25 AM ---------- Previous update was 05-18-10 at 04:17 AM ----------

First, I love how the reply works here. Rather then a new one underneath it adds to the last one. I wish more boards did that. Ok, back to the issue.

It seems for some reason, whether it has to do with Gnome or Ubuntu, I can't do what I want at this time. No big deal really. I decided after grub comes up I am going to tape a picture of the splash image I actually want until I hear the sound of the log in screen coming up... :stuck_out_tongue:

I am sure this issue will be resolved soon enough. If I find an answer or if/when it is fixed I will post it here.