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GFXBOOT

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
FILES
BUGS
AUTHOR
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NAME

gfxboot − graphical boot screen test and config tool

SYNOPSIS

gfxboot [ OPTIONS ] ARGS

DESCRIPTION

gfxboot modifies and tests graphical boot loader configuration.

OPTIONS

General options
-a, --archive FILE|DIRECTORY

Use FILE as gfxboot archive (default is /boot/message). If it points to a directory, assume it is an expanded archive (see --expand-archive option below).

-v, --verbose

Increase verbosity.

--save-temp

Keep temporary files.

--version

Show gfxboot version.

--help

Print usage.

Switching themes
--new-theme THEME

Activate THEME. Theme files are stored in /etc/bootsplash/themes/THEME/bootloader.

--update-theme THEME

Activate THEME but keep language settings from current gfxboot archive.

Changing gfxboot config
--show-config

Show gfxboot config file (gfxboot.cfg).

--change-config [SECTION1::]OPTION1=FOO1 [SECTION2::]OPTION2=FOO2 ...

Change gfxboot config options. If sections are omitted, section "base" is used.

--rm-config [SECTION1::]OPTION1 [SECTION2::]OPTION2 ...

Delete gfxboot config options. If sections are omitted, section "base" is used.

--rm-section SECTION1 SECTION2 ...

Delete sections in gfxboot config file.

--default-language LANG

Make LANG the default language. LANG is a locale string (e.g. en_US).

--add-languages LANG1 LANG2 ...

Add translation files.

--rm-languages LANG1 LANG2 ...

Remove translation files.

--config-file FILE

Don’t work on gfxboot.cfg from gfxboot archive but on FILE. NOTE: FILE will be modified even with "--test".

Preview/test gfxboot setup
-p, --preview

Try current config (needs some virtual machine).

-t, --test

Test only (don’t actually change any files).

-b, --bootloader BOOTLOADER

Use BOOTLOADER (grub, lilo, isolinux, syslinux, pxelinux) for preview.

-m, --vm VM

Use virtual machine VM (bochs, qemu, qemu32, qemu64, vbox, vbox64, vmplayer, vmware) for preview.

--grub DIRECTORY|RPM

Use grub from DIRECTORY or RPM (default is /).

--lilo DIRECTORY|RPM

Use lilo from DIRECTORY or RPM (default is /).

--syslinux DIRECTORY|RPM

Use syslinux from DIRECTORY or RPM (default is /).

--isolinux DIRECTORY|RPM

Use isolinux from DIRECTORY or RPM (default is /).

--pxelinux DIRECTORY|RPM

Use pxelinux from DIRECTORY or RPM (default is /).

--password PASSWORD

Create test config with PASSWORD for preview.

	--32		Create 32 bit test image.
	--64		Create 64 bit test image.

--biarch

Create biarch test image (same as using --32 and --64).

--cdrom, --dvd

Create iso image for preview.

--disk

Create harddisk image for preview.

--floppy

Create floppy image for preview.

--net

Create tftp directory for preview.

--save-image FILE

Copy preview image to FILE.

--test-add-files FILE1 FILE2 ...

Add files to test directory.

--test-rm-files FILE1 FILE2 ...

Delete files from test directory.

Adding/removing files from gfxboot archive
--ls, --list-files

List gfxboot archive files.

--add-files FILE1 FILE2 ...

Add files to gfxboot archive.

--rm-files FILE1 FILE2 ...

Delete files from gfxboot archive.

--extract-files FILE1 FILE2 ...

Copy files from gfxboot archive to current working directory.

--show-file FILE

Print FILE.

--expand-archive DIRECTORY

Create expanded gfxboot archive version in DIRECTORY. That is, only files that cannot be read directly from file system are kept in a cpio archive. All others are unpacked. Use only for isolinux, syslinux, or pxelinux.

--pack-archive FILE

Pack all gfxboot files into cpio archive FILE.

Modifying help files
--help-show FILE

Print FILE (internal help file format) as HTML.

--help-create FILE

Convert HTML files passed as ARGS to FILE (internal format).

--used-pages LINK1 LINK2 ...

Mark pages as referenced.

--navi FILE

Use FILE as template for navigation links.

--define ENTITY1=VALUE1 ENTITY2=VALUE2 ...

Define ENTITYx with VALUEx.

FILES

/boot/message

bootloader graphics archive (actually a cpio achive)

/etc/bootsplash/themes

theme directory

/etc/sysconfig/bootsplash

default theme

BUGS

None.

AUTHOR

Written by Steffen Winterfeldt.

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