New Serengeti Usplash for Dapper 6.06 LTS

[j_baer]

Working up to the bitter end has produced a new Usplash which IMHO puts ubuntu's boot at the same level of quality as Fedora and SuSE.

Change log
- Changed colors to match RC.
- Added "humanity to others"
- Added expanded 640x480 option

The Packages (32bit):

mockup-053161.png - a preview of the splash screen.

serengeti-usplash640x480.tar.gz - usplash for those running at 800x600 or greater.

serengeti-usplash640x400.tar.gz - usplash for those running at 640x480.

The Installation:

1. Download the appropriate file to a local folder.

2. Extract the archive.

3. Run sudo sh inst-serengeti.sh from terminal.

4. Select serengeti from the usplash alternatives when prompted.

Example (1): =============
Usplash-artwork alternative
===========================

There are 2 alternatives which provide `usplash-artwork.so'.

Selection Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
* 1 /usr/lib/usplash/usplash-default.so
2 /usr/local/lib/usplash/serengeti_usplash.so

Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: <2>

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5. Add vga= to grub menu.lst file. The script loads menu.lst using gedit and the boot kernel line is toward the end (line 113 on my computer).

vga = 785 for standard vga
vga = 788 for 800x600
vga = 791 for 1024x768 *
vga = 794 for 1280x1024

Example (2): =============
Menu.lst
===========================

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-23-386
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-23-386 root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet splash vga=791
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-23-386
...

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Save, exit, reboot, and enjoy!

Thanks Ubuntu team for an outstanding effort!

[Sukarn]

It looks good, but I prefer a black background, so i'll stick with the current usplash.
I'll try it out later though, it looks good (didn't I say that already?).

Thanks.

[johnc4510]

This is very nice, but I have a question:

1.Is this offical artwork, or is this something you have created?

[GoA]

Not official.But looks good and I'm going to test it.

[j_baer]

This is very nice, but I have a question:

1.Is this offical artwork, or is this something you have created?

johnc4510,

Not offical, just my contribution to the community ...

[frodon]

j_baer, it's a really nice contribution

Thanks a lot, i love this tip, i will include it to the UDSF

[xXx 0wn3d xXx]

Is there an install script for 64 bit Dapper ?

[j_baer]

Is there an install script for 64 bit Dapper ?

Not yet but I am working on it,

Should have it shortly ...

[Jedeye]

very nice

[darknuala]

I followed the instructions to a 'T', but however, whenever I reboot, all I get is a completely brown screen, the same color brown as shown in the screenshot, but no text, nothing, just a blank screen. After a couple of minutes the login screen appears. I get the same thing on shutdown too.