Switching between Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu uspalsh

When I installed Kubuntu desktop to try KDE in my laptop, it replaced my earlier Ubuntu usplash such that when I booted up it showed a kubuntu splash screen. I have been wondering how to change this back for almost a month now, having tried a few tricks which did not work.

Today, when trying to get something for ‘tuxplorer’s query, I got to see this ubuntu forum post which actually helped me in getting back my ubuntu usplash screen. Here is what you gotta do..

techno_freak@edgy:~$ sudo update-alternatives --config usplash-artwork.so
Password:

There are 2 alternatives which provide `usplash-artwork.so'.

Selection    Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
1    /usr/lib/usplash/usplash-theme-ubuntu.so
*+        2    /usr/lib/usplash/usplash-theme-kubuntu.so

Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: 1
Using `/usr/lib/usplash/usplash-theme-ubuntu.so' to provide `usplash-artwork.so'.
techno_freak@edgy:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure usplash
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-10-386

6 Responses to this post.

  1. Posted by Heber on June 14, 2007 at 1:39 am

    Great!
    Thank you.
    Heber

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  2. Posted by t.rei on July 2, 2007 at 3:46 am

    Thanks for this, been looking for a solution.

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  3. Thank you!

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  4. Posted by S.tu on September 20, 2007 at 1:55 pm

    Thanks!
    I used to know how to do this from a link that redirected from this page:
    http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/kde
    (this is a very useful page by the way)
    and the link on how to switch the artwork died.
    Thank you for posting this!

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