Startup delay with message/image

1st Official Post

    Hi,
    I am experiencing an issue where LE sometimes boots with broken network connectivity ('wait for network' setting does not help).

    So I need to manually put a delay into the boot process, it seems to help.

    I use the following autostart.sh and this works to give me a delay... but it's just a blank screen with mouse cursor.

    Code
    sleep 20

    Is there any way to display an image (eg the LE or Kodi splash screen) for the duration of the delay instead of this blank screen with cursor ?

    Thanks

    • Official Post

    ply-image /path/to/splash/image.png > /dev/null 2>&1

    ^^ that might work (if it doesn't, there are no other ideas) but I'd experiment and reduce the sleep value instead of doing this.

    It did not seem to do anything but thanks for the suggestion.

    A shorter sleep value would be nice but because it's a sporadic issue (occurs maybe once per 1-2 weeks) it's easier to start high and work backwards.