.TH GFXBOOT 8 "July 2008" "gfxboot" "System configuration"
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.SH NAME
gfxboot \- graphical boot screen test and config tool
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.B gfxboot [
.I OPTIONS
.B ]
.I ARGS
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.B gfxboot
modifies and tests graphical boot loader configuration.
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.SH OPTIONS
.SS General options
.TP
\fB-a\fR, \fB--archive\fR \fIFILE\fR|\fIDIRECTORY\fR
Use FILE as gfxboot archive (default is /boot/message).
If it points to a directory, assume it is an expanded archive (see \fB--expand-archive\fR option below).
.TP
\fB-v\fR, \fB--verbose\fR
Increase verbosity.
.TP
\fB--save-temp\fR
Keep temporary files.
.TP
\fB--help\fR
Print usage.
.SS Switching themes
.TP
\fB--new-theme \fITHEME\fR
Activate THEME. Theme files are stored in /etc/bootsplash/themes/THEME/bootloader.
.TP
\fB--update-theme \fITHEME\fR
Activate THEME but keep language settings from current gfxboot archive.
.SS Changing gfxboot config
.TP
\fB--show-config\fR
Show gfxboot config file (gfxboot.cfg).
.TP
\fB--change-config \fR[\fISECTION1::\fR]\fIOPTION1\fR=\fIFOO1\fR [\fISECTION2::\fR]\fIOPTION2\fR=\fIFOO2\fR ...
Change gfxboot config options. If sections are omitted, section "base" is used.
.TP
\fB--rm-config \fR[\fISECTION1::\fR]\fIOPTION1\fR [\fISECTION2::\fR]\fIOPTION2\fR ...
Delete gfxboot config options. If sections are omitted, section "base" is used.
.TP
\fB--rm-section \fISECTION1\fR \fISECTION2\fR ...
Delete sections in gfxboot config file.
.TP
\fB--default-language \fILANG\fR
Make LANG the default language. LANG is a locale string (e.g. en_US).
.TP
\fB--add-languages \fILANG1\fR \fILANG2\fR ...
Add translation files.
.TP
\fB--rm-languages \fILANG1\fR \fILANG2\fR ...
Remove translation files.
.TP
\fB--config-file\fR \fIFILE\fR
Don't work on gfxboot.cfg from gfxboot archive but on FILE. NOTE: FILE will be modified even with "--test".
.SS Preview/test gfxboot setup
.TP
\fB-p\fR, \fB--preview \fR
Try current config (needs some virtual machine).
.TP
\fB-t\fR, \fB--test\fR
Test only (don't actually change any files).
.TP
\fB-b\fR, \fB--bootloader\fR \fIBOOTLOADER\fR
Use BOOTLOADER (grub, lilo, isolinux, syslinux) for preview.
.TP
\fB-m\fR, \fB--vm\fR \fIVM\fR
Use virtual machine VM (bochs, qemu, qemu-i386, qemu-x86_64, vbox, vboxsdl, vmplayer, vmware) for preview.
.TP
\fB--grub\fR \fIDIRECTORY|RPM\fR
Use grub from DIRECTORY or RPM (default is /).
.TP
\fB--lilo\fR \fIDIRECTORY|RPM\fR
Use lilo from DIRECTORY or RPM (default is /).
.TP
\fB--syslinux\fR \fIDIRECTORY|RPM\fR
Use syslinux from DIRECTORY or RPM (default is /).
.TP
\fB--isolinux\fR \fIDIRECTORY|RPM\fR
Use isolinux from DIRECTORY or RPM (default is /).
.TP
\fB--password\fR \fIPASSWORD\fR
Create test config with PASSWORD for preview.
.TP
\fB--biarch\fR
Create biarch test image.
.TP
\fB--cdrom\fR, \fB--dvd\fR
Create iso image for preview.
.TP
\fB--disk\fR
Create harddisk image for preview.
.TP
\fB--floppy\fR
Create floppy image for preview.
.TP
\fB--save-image\fR \fIFILE\fR
Copy preview image to FILE.
.SS Adding/removing files from gfxboot archive
.TP
\fB--ls\fR, \fB--list-files\fR
List gfxboot archive files.
.TP
\fB--add-files\fR \fIFILE1\fR \fIFILE2\fR ...
Add files to gfxboot archive.
.TP
\fB--extract-files\fR \fIFILE1\fR \fIFILE2\fR ...
Copy files from gfxboot archive to current working directory.
.TP
\fB--show-file\fR \fIFILE\fR
Print FILE.
.TP
\fB--expand-archive\fR \fIDIRECTORY\fR
Create expanded gfxboot archive version in DIRECTORY. That is, only files that
cannot be read directly from file system are kept in a cpio archive. All
others are unpacked.  Use only for isolinux and syslinux.
.TP
\fB--pack-archive\fR \fIFILE\fR
Pack all gfxboot files into cpio archive FILE.
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.SS Modifying help files
.TP
\fB--help-show\fR \fIFILE\fR
Print FILE (internal help file format) as HTML.
.TP
\fB--help-create\fR \fIFILE\fR
Convert HTML files passed as ARGS to FILE (internal format).
.TP
\fB--used-pages\fR \fILINK1\fR \fILINK2\fR ...
Mark pages as referenced.
.TP
\fB--navi\fR \fIFILE\fR
Use FILE as template for navigation links.
.TP
\fB--define\fR \fIENTITY1\fR=\fIVALUE1\fR \fIENTITY2\fR=\fIVALUE2\fR ...
Define ENTITYx with VALUEx.
.SH FILES
.TP 18n
.B /boot/message
bootloader graphics archive (actually a cpio achive)
.TP
.B /etc/bootsplash/themes
theme directory
.TP
.B /etc/sysconfig/bootsplash
default theme
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.SH BUGS
None.
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.SH AUTHOR
.nf
Written by Steffen Winterfeldt.
.fi
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
If you want to create your own theme look at the gfxboot-devel package.
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