Linux "plymouthd" Command Line Options and Examples

The plymouth daemon

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.

Usage:

plymouthd [OPTION...]

Command Line Options:

--help

Show summary of options.


                            plymouthd --help ...

--attach-to-session

Redirect console messages from screen to log.


                            plymouthd --attach-to-session ...

--no-daemon

Do not daemonize.


                            plymouthd --no-daemon ...

--debug

Output debugging information.


                            plymouthd --debug ...

--debug-file

File to write debugging information to.


                            plymouthd --debug-file ...

--mode

Set mode to either boot or shutdown.


                            plymouthd --mode ...

--pid-file

Write the PID of the daemon to a file.


                            plymouthd --pid-file ...

--kernel-command-line

Fake kernel commandline to use.


                            plymouthd --kernel-command-line ...

--tty

TTY to ues instead of default.


                            plymouthd --tty ...