This is a quick and dirty solution for an unanimated custom splash screen during boot.
This solution works but there are a few seconds of text shown before the boot image appears.
First of all, you need to install fbi:
apt-get install fbi
Copy your custom splash image to /etc/ and name it “splash.png“. Presumably the resolution to use is 1920x1080px.
Next, create an init.d script called “asplashscreen” in “/etc/init.d/“. The file name is “asplashscreen” with an “a” at the beginning to be sure it starts first.
sudo nano asplashscreen
Paste the following into the text editor:
#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: asplashscreen
# Required-Start:
# Required-Stop:
# Should-Start:
# Default-Start: S
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description: Show custom splashscreen
# Description: Show custom splashscreen
### END INIT INFO
do_start () {
/usr/bin/fbi -T 1 -noverbose -a /etc/splash.png
exit 0
}
case "$1" in
start|"")
do_start
;;
restart|reload|force-reload)
echo "Error: argument '$1' not supported" >&2
exit 3
;;
stop)
# No-op
;;
status)
exit 0
;;
*)
echo "Usage: asplashscreen [start|stop]" >&2
exit 3
;;
esac
:
Exit and save the file as: /etc/init.d/asplashscreen
If copying and pasting via SSH check it has pasted in correctly. # lines and the esac line could be altered and have to be modifying back to be correct.
Then make that script executable and install it for init mode rcS:
chmod a+x /etc/init.d/asplashscreen insserv /etc/init.d/asplashscreen
Reboot and watch your custom splash screen:
reboot
