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>
