All other answers refer to update alternatives. I have read and tried most of those solutions, here and elsewhere. It did not work.
I originally installed Ubuntu-Mate 18.04. Didn't like Mate, installed XFCE-desktop.
Ever since, I could not change the splash screen back to xubuntu-logo. (Currently on 18.04.6)
I've tried (using update-alternatives)
- reinstall xubuntu-logo plymouth theme
- manually edit plymouth config in /usr/share/plymouth/themes
- installed other themes
- switched themes
- removed mate-logo theme
- physically removed the Mate theme folders (using cli)
Each time, running
update-initramfs -u.
No change. Shutdown shows a different logo, but boot up made no change whatsoever.
What am I missing?
edit: Correction - I did not use Plymouth manager. I just managed it with update-alternatives.
edit: As I said, all other SIMILAR questions does not solve the problem. Not here. Not anywhere else.
edit: Update-grub has run a thousand times since then after software updates.
edit: I realise that due to linux's infinite flexibility, not a single person's installation will match another's. My problem could be caused by any of a million things/tweaks/updates/etc I did to mine. I can't realistically expect there to be a generic answer to this question. But it was worth a shot. Guess I'll have to live with it till the next upgrade.
