On the 0.7.0 version of plymouth(pretty recent from the past day or so, not sure how to get the exact rev) I've been testing the gradient framebuffer filling function out some. It doesn't work as expected. Below is a modified snipplet from the spinfinity plugin demonstrating this. The gradient should start at 80% height and stop at the bottom of the screen. What the actual result is a cropped area of a fullscreen gradient. Also, I noticed that there are some odd bars appearing near the top of the screen that are a little glitchy. Not sure if this is due to testing the plugin without rebooting or what. void on_erase (ply_boot_splash_plugin_t *plugin, int x, int y, int width, int height) { ply_frame_buffer_area_t area; ply_frame_buffer_area_t gradarea; area.x = x; area.y = y; area.width = width; area.height = height; gradarea.x = 0; gradarea.y = height-(height/5); gradarea.width = width; gradarea.height = height/5; ply_frame_buffer_fill_with_color (plugin->frame_buffer, &area, 0,255,0,255); // GREEN FILL ply_frame_buffer_fill_with_gradient (plugin->frame_buffer, &gradarea, 0x000000, // BLACK 0xFF0000); // RED }