SPLASHY(1)
NAME
Splashy - a user-mode, POSIX and LSB compliant, boot splashing system
for UNIX.
SYNOPSIS
splashy { boot | shutdown | test | preview }
splashy_chvt { TTY_NUMBER }
DESCRIPTION
Splashy displays an image and a progress bar at boot time. When called
as splashy_chvt, it allows the same functionality as the UNIX command
chvt.
OPTIONS
boot Does boot sequence. See EXAMPLES.
- shutdown
- Does shutdown sequence. See EXAMPLES.
- test, preview
- Use to test splashy without having to reboot the system. this
shows a progressbar continuously moving as well as the current image for the currently selected theme. See EXAMPLES.
EXAMPLES
"/sbin/splashy test"
Used to test splashy. Useful for testing new themes.
"/sbin/splashy boot"
Used when booting your system. This is run automatically by a initrc
script during boot.
"/sbin/splashy shutdown"
Similar in spirit to boot, but run during shutdown. This is run
automatically by a initrc script during shutdown.
FILES
- /etc/splashy/config.xml
- Main configuration. defines how splashy should be setup.
- /etc/splashy/themes/default/config.xml
- Default theme. defines how the images displayed by splashy
should be setup, their location and other theme-related
variables.
NOTES
To use splashy as chvt, make a symbolic link from splashy's location to
a new path. i.e.: cd /sbin; ln -s splashy splashy_chvt
SEE ALSO
splashy_config(1), splashy_update(1), splashy-config.xml(5),
splashy-theme.xml(5)
AUTHORS
- Luis Mondesi <lemsx1@gmail.com>