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PLYMOUTHD(8)                                    System Administration                                    PLYMOUTHD(8)



NAME
       plymouthd - The plymouth daemon

SYNOPSIS
       plymouthd [OPTION...]

DESCRIPTION
       The plymouthd daemon is usually run out of the initrd. It does the heavy lifting of the plymouth system,
       logging the session and showing the splash screen.

       The plymouth is used to send commands to plymouthd that control its behaviour.

OPTIONS
       The following options are understood:

       --help
           Show summary of options.

       --attach-to-session
           Redirect console messages from screen to log.

       --no-daemon
           Do not daemonize.

       --debug
           Output debugging information.

       --debug-file=STRING
           File to write debugging information to.

       --mode=MODE
           Set mode to either boot or shutdown.

       --pid-file=STRING
           Write the PID of the daemon to a file.

       --kernel-command-line=STRING
           Fake kernel commandline to use.

       --tty=STRING
           TTY to ues instead of default.

SEE ALSO
       grub(8), plymouth(8), plymouth(1), http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Plymouth



plymouth                                                                                                 PLYMOUTHD(8)