Instructions to setup a simple custom RPi boot splash screen

instructions.md

Setup splash screen

• Create a PNG of the appropriate size (check with fbset), put it in /home/pi/splash.png
• /boot/config.txt
  • add disable_splash=1
• /boot/cmdline.txt
  • add logo.nologo consoleblank=0 loglevel=1 quiet to the end of the cmdline
• sudo systemctl disable getty@tty3
• sudo apt install fbi
• sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/splashscreen.service - fill with contents:

[Unit]
Description=Splash screen
DefaultDependencies=no
After=local-fs.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/fbi -d /dev/fb0 --noverbose -a /home/pi/splash.png
StandardInput=tty
StandardOutput=tty

[Install]
WantedBy=sysinit.target

• sudo systemctl enable splashscreen
• sudo reboot