plymouth (1) Linux Manual Page
plymouth – Send commands to plymouthd
Synopsis
- plymouth [OPTION…]
- plymouth COMMAND [OPTION…]
Description
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 These options are supported for compatibility with the old rhgb-client interface, and have been replaced by the commands that are described in the next section.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