That looks like it changes the Gnome splash screen, which isn't turned on anymore in newer versions of Ubuntu, and not the boot screen.<div><br></div><div>What you want to change is called a "plymouth theme", there are some plymouth themes in the Ubuntu repository:</div>
<div><br></div><div>sudo apt-get install plymouth-theme-solar</div><div><br></div><div>For example, and to change plymouth themes you do:</div><div><br></div><div><div>sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth</div>
<div>sudo update-initramfs -u</div><div><br></div><div>Some more plymouth themes in the Ubuntu repository:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">plymouth-theme-fade-in</span><br style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">plymouth-theme-glow</span><br style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">plymouth-theme-solar</span><br style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">plymouth-theme-spinfinity</span><br style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo</span><br style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ubuntu-plymouth-theme</span></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 19 January 2012 21:56, Roger Searle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:roger.searle@gmail.com">roger.searle@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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which says to install gnome-splashscreen-manager<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Roger<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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On 19/01/12 6:04 PM, Glenn Morrissey wrote:<br>
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Hi all<br>
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Can someone tell me how to change the splash screen at the start of<br>
ubuntu loading. I looked at the link:<br>
<a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=11478" target="_blank">http://ubuntuforums.org/<u></u>showthread.php?t=11478</a><br>
But I didnt find that it helped me out at all.<br>
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Cheers<br>
Glenn.<br>
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