plymouth - Send commands to plymouthd

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  COMMANDS  SEE ALSO 

NAME

plymouth − Send commands to plymouthd

SYNOPSIS

plymouth [OPTION...]

plymouth COMMAND [OPTION...]

DESCRIPTION

The plymouth sends commands to a running plymouthd. This is used during the boot process to control the display of the graphical boot splash.

OPTIONS

The following options are understood. These options are supported for compatibility with the old rhgb−client interface, and have been replaced by the commands that are described in the next section.

−−help

Show summary of options.

−−debug

Enable verbose debug logging.

−−get−splash−plugin−path

Get directory where splash plugins are installed.

−−newroot=[STRING]

Tell plymouthd that the new root filesystem is mounted.

−−quit

Tell plymouthd to quit.

−−ping

Check if plymouthd is running.

−−has−active−vt

Check if plymouthd has an active vt.

−−sysinit

Tell plymouthd root filesystem is mounted read−write.

−−show−splash

Show the splash screen.

−−hide−splash

Hide the splash screen.

−−ask−for−password

Ask the user for a password.

−−ignore−keystroke=[STRING]

Remove sensitivity to a keystroke.

−−update=[STRING]

Tell plymouthd an update about boot progress.

−−details

Tell plymouthd there were errors during boot.

−−wait

Wait for plymouthd to quit.

COMMANDS

The following commands are understood:

change−mode OPTION

Change the operation mode.

−−boot−up

Start the system up

−−shutdown

Shutting the system up

−−updates

Applying updates

system−update OPTION

Tell plymouthd about boot progress.

−−progress=INTEGER

The percentage progress of the updates

update OPTION

Tell plymouthd about boot status changes.

−−status=STRING

Tell plymouthd the current boot status

update−root−fs OPTION

Tell plymouthd about root filesystem changes.

−−new−root−dir=STRING

Root filesystem is about to change

−−read−write

Root filesystem is no longer read−only

show−splash

Tell plymouthd to show splash screen.

hide−splash

Tell plymouthd to hide splash screen.

ask−for−password OPTION

Ask the user for a password.

−−command=STRING

Command to send password to via standard input

−−prompt=STRING

Message to display when asking for password

−−number−of−tries=INTEGER

Number of times to ask before giving up (requires −−command)

−−dont−pause−progress

Don't pause boot progress bar while asking

ask−question

Ask the user a question.

−−command=STRING

Command to send the answer to via standard input

−−prompt=STRING

Message to display when asking the question

−−dont−pause−progress

Don't pause boot progress bar while asking

display−message OPTION

Display a message.

−−text=STRING

The message text

hide−message OPTION

Hide a message.

−−text=STRING

The message text

watch−keystroke OPTION

Become sensitive to a keystroke.

−−command=STRING

Command to send keystroke to via standard input

−−keys=STRING

Keys to become sensitive to

ignore−keystroke OPTION

Remove sensitivity to a keystroke.

−−keys=STRING

Keys to remove sensitivity from

pause−progress

Pause boot progress bar.

unpause−progress

Unpause boot progress bar.

report−error

Tell plymouthd there were errors during boot.

deactivate

Tell plymouthd to deactivate.

reactivate

Tell plymouthd to reactivate.

quit OPTION

Tell plymouthd to quit.

−−retain−splash

Don't explicitly hide boot splash on exit

SEE ALSO

grub(8), plymouth(8), plymouthd(8), http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Plymouth


Updated 2024-01-29 - jenkler.se | uex.se