How to enable Plymouth on Tinker 2S running Debian Bullseye?

[deanmsands3 0]

I'd like to have my Tinker 2S boot with a Plymouth animation to hide the boot-up messages.

I have a Plymouth theme I created on an x64 host and I'd like to use it on my Tinker.

If Plymouth isn't an option, is there an alternative?

[tooz 53]

hello @deanmsands3, 

you will have to download the sources and re-compile the boot image in order to replace boot logo: https://github.com/TinkerBoard/TinkerBoard/wiki/Developer-Guide#changing-the-boot-logo

[deanmsands3 0]

The TinkerBoard boot logo? It's much simpler (for the Tinker 2/S). Just convert a 24-bit BMP (less than 700kb) and dd it to the splash partition. 

But I was hoping to hide the boot messages with a service like Plymouth.

(5 hours later)

And I found it.

1. Set the default Plymouth theme

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/share/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth default.plymouth /usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/spinner.plymouth 100

2. Update initramfs

sudo initramfs -u

3. Mount the "boot" partition

sudo mount /dev/mmcblk1p8 /boot

4. Append "console=tty0 quiet splash plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles" to /boot/cmdline.txt

echo "console=tty0 quiet splash plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles" | sudo tee -a /boot/cmdline.txt

5. Reboot 

sudo reboot

 

[tooz 53]

hello @deanmsands3, 

thank you for letting us know & updating the solution