Plymouth problem

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Yes, but not completely.
choosing the 'y' option removes plymouth-git and installs plymouth onto your system. However, it wouldn't set your boot splash screen automatically you need to enter the following command to do it:

sudo plymouth-set-default-theme -R dr460nized

This will set your plymouth theme to the garuda dragonized theme that we are used to see. If you don't use this command all you are going to see when booting up or shutting down is the boring old spinner.
Finally reboot and see if the changes work. If they do the following command is optional and not mandatory.

sudo paccache -ruk0

what this does is clear the cache of uninstalled app. You see when you update an app with pacman it still keeps the previous three verisons of it on your system by default so that in case your updated package turns out to be buggy you can downgrade. This is good but consumes disk space. especially when the package has been uninstalled and no longer necessary to maintain those three older verisons of it.

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Many thanks for your replies, the issue is finally resolved :grinning:

I tried...

sudo plymouth-set-default-theme -R dr460nized

...but I got...

/usr/share/plymouth/themes/dr460nized/dr460nized.plymouth does not exist

...so I selected the garuda-purple theme in the boot options, and everything is now back to normal.

Thanks once again.

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Way to go, man! :smiley:

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As a suggestion, please would the devs consider using plymouth instead of plymouth-git to prevent anyone else having this problem.

Thanks.

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Actually, in general the git version is known for being more stableā€“this particular bug would be an exception, rather than the rule.

From the ArchWiki article:

Plymouth is available from the AUR: the stable package is plymouthAUR and the development version is plymouth-gitAUR. Due to the fact that upstream plymouth release only happen on a spotty and highly irregular schedule, it is generally recommended to use plymouth-gitAUR, because it is actually less likely to cause problems for most users than the stable package.

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This thread is not closed so is it OK to add a question here?

Regarding the plymouth-git package: Chaotic AUR shows latest version is:

chaotic-aur/plymouth-git 22.02.122.r144.ga3f9824d-1

while AUR lists:

aur/plymouth-git 22.02.122.r117.gca15d30c-1

I have downgraded to 22.02.122.r113.g1812e55a-1 and it works fine. I am just curious:

  1. If anyone installed 22.02.122.r144.ga3f9824d-1: is it working fine?

  2. why the Chaotic AUR lists a different (newer version)? Isn't it supposed to just build packages from AUR? How to check exactly why the Chaotic has a different version (any place where one can get more info about this)?

I am asking here because it seems that some Garuda devs work with Chaotic.

Thanks in advance.

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