change the boot logo for 18.04 LTS [duplicate]
by default, the boot logo for Ubuntu 18.04 uses /usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.png
from the script /usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.script
some of the content of this script is
bits_per_pixel = Window.GetBitsPerPixel ();
if (bits_per_pixel == 4) {
logo_filename = "ubuntu-logo16.png";
progress_dot_off_filename = "progress-dot-off16.png";
progress_dot_on_filename = "progress-dot-on16.png";
password_field_filename = "password-field16.png";
question_field_filename = "password-field16.png";
} else {
logo_filename = "ubuntu-logo.png";
progress_dot_off_filename = "progress-dot-off.png";
progress_dot_on_filename = "progress-dot-on.png";
password_field_filename = "password-field.png";
question_field_filename = "password-field.png";
to change the boot logo by understanding above content of the script..
we need to replace ubuntu-logo16.png
& ubuntu-logo.png
files with our custome ones with same names..
you can easily do this with command line..
Example Command Line when my Custom Image is in ~/Downloads
with boot.png
name
cd /usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo
sudo mv ubuntu-logo.png ubuntu-logo.png.bak
sudo mv ubuntu-logo16.png ubuntu-logo16.png.bak
cd ~/Downloads
sudo cp boot.png /usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.png
sudo cp boot.png /usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo16.png
Recommendations for custom boot logo image:
image format: .png
image size: around 217px in width