How to Fix Usplash in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid)
At the moment if you change your usplash theme, it just does not change.To fix this use the following procedure.
sudo apt-get install libusplash-dev
Then go to your theme folder (In this example we are using this and the filenames used below is for this one )
make
sudo cp usplash-theme-wideubuntu.so /usr/lib/usplash
sudo rm /etc/alternatives/usplash-artwork.so
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/usplash/usplash-theme-wideubuntu.so /etc/alternatives/usplash-artwork.so
sudo update-initramfs -u
sudo update-grub
That’s it now you should be having your new usplash.
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