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Old 08-08-2013, 12:59 PM   #1
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nVidia proprietary drivers splash screen logo change


A bit of useless (but nice) eye-candy for your system, if you're using the proprietary nVidia drivers for Linux.

In your xorg.conf file, in the "Device" section, add a line (in bold), as follows:
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Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    Option         "LogoPath" "/etc/<some file name>.png"
EndSection
It MUST be a .png file, and it must be owned by root, permissions 644. I suggest putting it in the /etc directory, since that's available as the system boots, no matter where your other partitions might be. Also, it MUST be the same size as your screen.

Reboot, and when the system boots, instead of the built-in nVidia logo, you'll have whatever picture you want.
 
Old 08-08-2013, 02:46 PM   #2
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Thanks for that, I might play when I get a minute.
 
Old 08-08-2013, 03:17 PM   #3
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Thanks for that, I might play when I get a minute.
You're welcome. And full disclaimer: it's totally useless/pointless. But fun.
 
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It has been some time since i played around with the nvidia logo pop up
mostly being it never shows up any more , or only flashes for a very small fraction of a second


wasn't there a setting for the length of time it is displayed
as in a delay before xdm restarts and the login screen is shown
 
Old 08-08-2013, 03:49 PM   #5
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It has been some time since i played around with the nvidia logo pop up mostly being it never shows up any more , or only flashes for a very small fraction of a second

wasn't there a setting for the length of time it is displayed as in a delay before xdm restarts and the login screen is shown
I'm not sure...haven't played with that. It is only up on the screen for a second, though...but like I said...pointless but fun.
 
Old 08-26-2013, 07:38 PM   #6
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Didn't work here using nvidia proprietary drivers v319.32.
Of course, I selected some huge png that I exported from huge.jpg, so maybe my gimp.fu is lacking.

I don't know, I like my 4 little Tuxes on my console.
 
Old 08-27-2013, 08:30 AM   #7
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Didn't work here using nvidia proprietary drivers v319.32.
Of course, I selected some huge png that I exported from huge.jpg, so maybe my gimp.fu is lacking.

I don't know, I like my 4 little Tuxes on my console.
If it's not the same size at your screen, it won't work and won't auto-scale. Also, the permissions I noted in my first post MUST be that..it is finicky.
 
  


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