Remove XFCE Start-Up/Loading/Boot Screen While Keeping XFCE












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I've recently gotten Xfce on my Unity machine. I want to keep Unity and Xfce, but how do I remove the boot/loading screen that says "Xubuntu" when I want it to say "Ubuntu" like it did before I installed Xfce. Please help!



EDIT: I did dpkg-query -W | grep plymouth and it returned



libplymouth4:amd64  0.9.2-3ubuntu13.1
plymouth 0.9.2-3ubuntu13.1
plymouth-label 0.9.2-3ubuntu13.1
plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo 0.9.2-3ubuntu13.1
plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text 0.9.2-3ubuntu13.1
plymouth-theme-xubuntu-logo 16.04.2
plymouth-theme-xubuntu-text 16.04.2









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  • Maybe uninstall Unity and reinstall it. I have a similar problem in Xubuntu: i installed lubuntu-desktop in it, and now a horrific login wallpaper is freaking me out each time i want to login. I tried to change it manually with another jpg file, but that messes both the xfce and lxde login. My guess is that the last one installed is assuming leader role and acts very boss.

    – ipse lute
    Jun 26 '16 at 23:06











  • @ipselute Thanks for the help, I'll try doing it. But is there a risk of messing up my machine?

    – James Bond
    Jun 30 '16 at 15:06













  • This is easy; Run dpkg-query -W | grep plymouth in Terminal and edit your question to paste the output. I can tell which package to uninstall.

    – clearkimura
    Jul 1 '16 at 13:26











  • @clearkimura Will try!

    – James Bond
    Jul 4 '16 at 23:39






  • 1





    Simpy remove or purge the relevant packages that provide "Xubuntu" boot splash. The remaining "Ubuntu" boot splash will be restored. More details in my answer below.

    – clearkimura
    Jul 7 '16 at 19:02
















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I've recently gotten Xfce on my Unity machine. I want to keep Unity and Xfce, but how do I remove the boot/loading screen that says "Xubuntu" when I want it to say "Ubuntu" like it did before I installed Xfce. Please help!



EDIT: I did dpkg-query -W | grep plymouth and it returned



libplymouth4:amd64  0.9.2-3ubuntu13.1
plymouth 0.9.2-3ubuntu13.1
plymouth-label 0.9.2-3ubuntu13.1
plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo 0.9.2-3ubuntu13.1
plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text 0.9.2-3ubuntu13.1
plymouth-theme-xubuntu-logo 16.04.2
plymouth-theme-xubuntu-text 16.04.2









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  • Maybe uninstall Unity and reinstall it. I have a similar problem in Xubuntu: i installed lubuntu-desktop in it, and now a horrific login wallpaper is freaking me out each time i want to login. I tried to change it manually with another jpg file, but that messes both the xfce and lxde login. My guess is that the last one installed is assuming leader role and acts very boss.

    – ipse lute
    Jun 26 '16 at 23:06











  • @ipselute Thanks for the help, I'll try doing it. But is there a risk of messing up my machine?

    – James Bond
    Jun 30 '16 at 15:06













  • This is easy; Run dpkg-query -W | grep plymouth in Terminal and edit your question to paste the output. I can tell which package to uninstall.

    – clearkimura
    Jul 1 '16 at 13:26











  • @clearkimura Will try!

    – James Bond
    Jul 4 '16 at 23:39






  • 1





    Simpy remove or purge the relevant packages that provide "Xubuntu" boot splash. The remaining "Ubuntu" boot splash will be restored. More details in my answer below.

    – clearkimura
    Jul 7 '16 at 19:02














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I've recently gotten Xfce on my Unity machine. I want to keep Unity and Xfce, but how do I remove the boot/loading screen that says "Xubuntu" when I want it to say "Ubuntu" like it did before I installed Xfce. Please help!



EDIT: I did dpkg-query -W | grep plymouth and it returned



libplymouth4:amd64  0.9.2-3ubuntu13.1
plymouth 0.9.2-3ubuntu13.1
plymouth-label 0.9.2-3ubuntu13.1
plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo 0.9.2-3ubuntu13.1
plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text 0.9.2-3ubuntu13.1
plymouth-theme-xubuntu-logo 16.04.2
plymouth-theme-xubuntu-text 16.04.2









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I've recently gotten Xfce on my Unity machine. I want to keep Unity and Xfce, but how do I remove the boot/loading screen that says "Xubuntu" when I want it to say "Ubuntu" like it did before I installed Xfce. Please help!



EDIT: I did dpkg-query -W | grep plymouth and it returned



libplymouth4:amd64  0.9.2-3ubuntu13.1
plymouth 0.9.2-3ubuntu13.1
plymouth-label 0.9.2-3ubuntu13.1
plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo 0.9.2-3ubuntu13.1
plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text 0.9.2-3ubuntu13.1
plymouth-theme-xubuntu-logo 16.04.2
plymouth-theme-xubuntu-text 16.04.2






boot unity xubuntu xfce






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  • Maybe uninstall Unity and reinstall it. I have a similar problem in Xubuntu: i installed lubuntu-desktop in it, and now a horrific login wallpaper is freaking me out each time i want to login. I tried to change it manually with another jpg file, but that messes both the xfce and lxde login. My guess is that the last one installed is assuming leader role and acts very boss.

    – ipse lute
    Jun 26 '16 at 23:06











  • @ipselute Thanks for the help, I'll try doing it. But is there a risk of messing up my machine?

    – James Bond
    Jun 30 '16 at 15:06













  • This is easy; Run dpkg-query -W | grep plymouth in Terminal and edit your question to paste the output. I can tell which package to uninstall.

    – clearkimura
    Jul 1 '16 at 13:26











  • @clearkimura Will try!

    – James Bond
    Jul 4 '16 at 23:39






  • 1





    Simpy remove or purge the relevant packages that provide "Xubuntu" boot splash. The remaining "Ubuntu" boot splash will be restored. More details in my answer below.

    – clearkimura
    Jul 7 '16 at 19:02



















  • Maybe uninstall Unity and reinstall it. I have a similar problem in Xubuntu: i installed lubuntu-desktop in it, and now a horrific login wallpaper is freaking me out each time i want to login. I tried to change it manually with another jpg file, but that messes both the xfce and lxde login. My guess is that the last one installed is assuming leader role and acts very boss.

    – ipse lute
    Jun 26 '16 at 23:06











  • @ipselute Thanks for the help, I'll try doing it. But is there a risk of messing up my machine?

    – James Bond
    Jun 30 '16 at 15:06













  • This is easy; Run dpkg-query -W | grep plymouth in Terminal and edit your question to paste the output. I can tell which package to uninstall.

    – clearkimura
    Jul 1 '16 at 13:26











  • @clearkimura Will try!

    – James Bond
    Jul 4 '16 at 23:39






  • 1





    Simpy remove or purge the relevant packages that provide "Xubuntu" boot splash. The remaining "Ubuntu" boot splash will be restored. More details in my answer below.

    – clearkimura
    Jul 7 '16 at 19:02

















Maybe uninstall Unity and reinstall it. I have a similar problem in Xubuntu: i installed lubuntu-desktop in it, and now a horrific login wallpaper is freaking me out each time i want to login. I tried to change it manually with another jpg file, but that messes both the xfce and lxde login. My guess is that the last one installed is assuming leader role and acts very boss.

– ipse lute
Jun 26 '16 at 23:06





Maybe uninstall Unity and reinstall it. I have a similar problem in Xubuntu: i installed lubuntu-desktop in it, and now a horrific login wallpaper is freaking me out each time i want to login. I tried to change it manually with another jpg file, but that messes both the xfce and lxde login. My guess is that the last one installed is assuming leader role and acts very boss.

– ipse lute
Jun 26 '16 at 23:06













@ipselute Thanks for the help, I'll try doing it. But is there a risk of messing up my machine?

– James Bond
Jun 30 '16 at 15:06







@ipselute Thanks for the help, I'll try doing it. But is there a risk of messing up my machine?

– James Bond
Jun 30 '16 at 15:06















This is easy; Run dpkg-query -W | grep plymouth in Terminal and edit your question to paste the output. I can tell which package to uninstall.

– clearkimura
Jul 1 '16 at 13:26





This is easy; Run dpkg-query -W | grep plymouth in Terminal and edit your question to paste the output. I can tell which package to uninstall.

– clearkimura
Jul 1 '16 at 13:26













@clearkimura Will try!

– James Bond
Jul 4 '16 at 23:39





@clearkimura Will try!

– James Bond
Jul 4 '16 at 23:39




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Simpy remove or purge the relevant packages that provide "Xubuntu" boot splash. The remaining "Ubuntu" boot splash will be restored. More details in my answer below.

– clearkimura
Jul 7 '16 at 19:02





Simpy remove or purge the relevant packages that provide "Xubuntu" boot splash. The remaining "Ubuntu" boot splash will be restored. More details in my answer below.

– clearkimura
Jul 7 '16 at 19:02










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The boot splash was changed to "Xubuntu" instead of "Ubuntu" because the following packages were installed together with Xubuntu meta package:



plymouth-theme-xubuntu-logo 16.04.2
plymouth-theme-xubuntu-text 16.04.2


These packages are dependencies of xubuntu-artwork package, which is in turn, one of the dependencies of xubuntu-desktop meta package. You can also check this by running apt-cache rdepends <PACKAGE> to check reverse dependencies for particular package.



Removing "Xubuntu" boot splash



To permanently remove the boot splash, run the following command.



sudo apt-get purge plymouth-theme-xubuntu*


This command will select both packages above by using an asterisk * as wildcard, which is convenient to remove multiple packages with similar prefix naming.



Finally, reboot to see changes.



Alternative commands



You can also do the same by specifying the package names.



sudo apt-get purge plymouth-theme-xubuntu-logo plymouth-theme-xubuntu-text


With recent versions of APT, the command can be as short as below.



sudo apt purge plymouth-theme-xubuntu*


Regardless of any command above, no further configuration is needed. APT will run relevant commands and reconfigure the boot splash automatically for you.






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    The boot splash was changed to "Xubuntu" instead of "Ubuntu" because the following packages were installed together with Xubuntu meta package:



    plymouth-theme-xubuntu-logo 16.04.2
    plymouth-theme-xubuntu-text 16.04.2


    These packages are dependencies of xubuntu-artwork package, which is in turn, one of the dependencies of xubuntu-desktop meta package. You can also check this by running apt-cache rdepends <PACKAGE> to check reverse dependencies for particular package.



    Removing "Xubuntu" boot splash



    To permanently remove the boot splash, run the following command.



    sudo apt-get purge plymouth-theme-xubuntu*


    This command will select both packages above by using an asterisk * as wildcard, which is convenient to remove multiple packages with similar prefix naming.



    Finally, reboot to see changes.



    Alternative commands



    You can also do the same by specifying the package names.



    sudo apt-get purge plymouth-theme-xubuntu-logo plymouth-theme-xubuntu-text


    With recent versions of APT, the command can be as short as below.



    sudo apt purge plymouth-theme-xubuntu*


    Regardless of any command above, no further configuration is needed. APT will run relevant commands and reconfigure the boot splash automatically for you.






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      The boot splash was changed to "Xubuntu" instead of "Ubuntu" because the following packages were installed together with Xubuntu meta package:



      plymouth-theme-xubuntu-logo 16.04.2
      plymouth-theme-xubuntu-text 16.04.2


      These packages are dependencies of xubuntu-artwork package, which is in turn, one of the dependencies of xubuntu-desktop meta package. You can also check this by running apt-cache rdepends <PACKAGE> to check reverse dependencies for particular package.



      Removing "Xubuntu" boot splash



      To permanently remove the boot splash, run the following command.



      sudo apt-get purge plymouth-theme-xubuntu*


      This command will select both packages above by using an asterisk * as wildcard, which is convenient to remove multiple packages with similar prefix naming.



      Finally, reboot to see changes.



      Alternative commands



      You can also do the same by specifying the package names.



      sudo apt-get purge plymouth-theme-xubuntu-logo plymouth-theme-xubuntu-text


      With recent versions of APT, the command can be as short as below.



      sudo apt purge plymouth-theme-xubuntu*


      Regardless of any command above, no further configuration is needed. APT will run relevant commands and reconfigure the boot splash automatically for you.






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        The boot splash was changed to "Xubuntu" instead of "Ubuntu" because the following packages were installed together with Xubuntu meta package:



        plymouth-theme-xubuntu-logo 16.04.2
        plymouth-theme-xubuntu-text 16.04.2


        These packages are dependencies of xubuntu-artwork package, which is in turn, one of the dependencies of xubuntu-desktop meta package. You can also check this by running apt-cache rdepends <PACKAGE> to check reverse dependencies for particular package.



        Removing "Xubuntu" boot splash



        To permanently remove the boot splash, run the following command.



        sudo apt-get purge plymouth-theme-xubuntu*


        This command will select both packages above by using an asterisk * as wildcard, which is convenient to remove multiple packages with similar prefix naming.



        Finally, reboot to see changes.



        Alternative commands



        You can also do the same by specifying the package names.



        sudo apt-get purge plymouth-theme-xubuntu-logo plymouth-theme-xubuntu-text


        With recent versions of APT, the command can be as short as below.



        sudo apt purge plymouth-theme-xubuntu*


        Regardless of any command above, no further configuration is needed. APT will run relevant commands and reconfigure the boot splash automatically for you.






        share|improve this answer















        The boot splash was changed to "Xubuntu" instead of "Ubuntu" because the following packages were installed together with Xubuntu meta package:



        plymouth-theme-xubuntu-logo 16.04.2
        plymouth-theme-xubuntu-text 16.04.2


        These packages are dependencies of xubuntu-artwork package, which is in turn, one of the dependencies of xubuntu-desktop meta package. You can also check this by running apt-cache rdepends <PACKAGE> to check reverse dependencies for particular package.



        Removing "Xubuntu" boot splash



        To permanently remove the boot splash, run the following command.



        sudo apt-get purge plymouth-theme-xubuntu*


        This command will select both packages above by using an asterisk * as wildcard, which is convenient to remove multiple packages with similar prefix naming.



        Finally, reboot to see changes.



        Alternative commands



        You can also do the same by specifying the package names.



        sudo apt-get purge plymouth-theme-xubuntu-logo plymouth-theme-xubuntu-text


        With recent versions of APT, the command can be as short as below.



        sudo apt purge plymouth-theme-xubuntu*


        Regardless of any command above, no further configuration is needed. APT will run relevant commands and reconfigure the boot splash automatically for you.







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