Change The Boot Picture

1 Overview

This section describes how to modify the power-on startup image on HMI series devices.

2 Application guide

  1. Replace /usr/share/plymouth/themes/pix/splash.png with your own image.
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  1. Run sudo update-initramfs -u to update it.
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  1. Run uname -r to see which kernel is currently in use.。

2.1 kernel 6.6.31-rpi-2712

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  1. Go to the /boot directory and execute ls initrd.img*.
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  1. Find the initrd.img file with the same name as the kernel, execute sudo cp initrd.img-6.6.31-rpi-2712 firmware/, copy the file to /boot/firmware.

  2. Go to the /boot/firmware directory and run ls initr* to see if the file was copied successfully.

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  1. Execute sudo mv initrd.img-6.6.31-rpi-2712 initramfs_2712 and reboot the device when done.

2.2 Kernel 6.6.31-rpi-v8

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  1. Go to the /boot directory and execute ls initrd.img*.
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  1. Find the initrd.img file with the same name as the kernel, execute sudo cp initrd.img-6.6.31-rpi-v8 firmware/ and copy the file to /boot/firmware.

  2. Go to the /boot/firmware directory and execute ls initr* to see if the file was copied successfully.

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  1. Execute sudo mv initrd.img-6.6.31-rpi-v8 initramfs8 and reboot the device when done.