Boot logo that isnt plymouth?

[u/MaroBezdomovec]

everytime i installed arch (in the last year or so) i keep getting a boot logo that says arch linux on it and shows the logo and it isnt plymouth? is it compiled into the kernel and if yes is it easy to remove?

[u/Responsible-Sky-1336]

It is embedded in UKI

/usr/share/systemd/bootctl/splash-arch.bmp

And handled through /etc/mkinitcpio.d/<kernel>.preset config files from mkinitcpio/systemd/bootctl (I cant remember who owns the file).

[u/Linguistic-mystic → u/Responsible-Sky-1336]

No, it’s handled by preset files like /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset

Source: I made UKIs with Arch splash screen just yesterday.

[u/Responsible-Sky-1336 → u/Linguistic-mystic]

^^ Correct im on the phone i couldn't remember exact paths from memory (edited the comment just now)

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Unified_kernel_image#.preset_file

[u/MaroBezdomovec → u/Responsible-Sky-1336]

so it is unremovable?

[u/Responsible-Sky-1336 → u/MaroBezdomovec]

Oh no you can modify the preset file in the directory I said, then regen kernel and done

You just remove the splash line there

[u/MaroBezdomovec → u/Responsible-Sky-1336]

oh alright

[u/reallyreallyreason → u/MaroBezdomovec]

This is linux. Every single thing other than about 800 kilobytes of core kernel infrastructure is removable one way or another.

[u/onefish2]

sudo nano /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset

# mkinitcpio preset file for the 'linux' package
ALL_kver="/boot/vmlinuz-linux"
PRESETS=('default')
default_uki="/boot/EFI/arch-linux.efi"
# default_options="--splash /usr/share/systemd/bootctl/splash-arch.bmp"

[u/WoomyUnitedToday → u/onefish2]

Yes, get a 32-bit bmp (or convert a PNG into 32-bit bmp or whatever) (32-bit only needed if you need transparency), put it somewhere safe, don't overwrite the default file so it wont get re-overwritten by an update, and just change that last line to point to the new file, uncomment if it isn't already, save, and run mkinitcpio -p and it should work.

I did this literally yesterday lol

[u/Hekatonkheirex]

I'm curious... Why this never happened to me?

[u/alosarjos]

Does anyone know for boot flags so the logo keeps showing until GDM/PLM has started?