Splash Screen

Custom Splash Screen for Raspberry Pi (Raspbian)

This is a quick and dirty solution for an unanimated custom splash screen during boot.

First of all, you need to install fbi:

 apt-get install fbi

Copy your custom splash image to /etc/ and name it "splash.png".

Next, create an init.d script called "asplashscreen" in "/etc/init.d/".

I chose "asplashscreen" with an "a" at the beginning to be sure it starts first.

 #! /bin/sh
 ### BEGIN INIT INFO
 # Provides:          asplashscreen
 # Required-Start:
 # Required-Stop:
 # Should-Start:      
 # Default-Start:     S
 # Default-Stop:
 # Short-Description: Show custom splashscreen
 # Description:       Show custom splashscreen
 ### END INIT INFO


 do_start () {

    /usr/bin/fbi -T 1 -noverbose -a /etc/splash.png    
    exit 0
 }

 case "$1" in
  start|"")
    do_start
    ;;
  restart|reload|force-reload)
    echo "Error: argument '$1' not supported" >&2
    exit 3
    ;;
  stop)
    # No-op
    ;;
  status)
    exit 0
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: asplashscreen [start|stop]" >&2
    exit 3
    ;;
 esac

 :

Then make that script executable and install it for init mode rcS:

 chmod a+x /etc/init.d/asplashscreen
 insserv /etc/init.d/asplashscreen

Reboot and watch your custom splash screen:

 reboot