There's a merged pull request on the void-packages repository gdm: enable smooth transition with plymouth. https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/28570 Description: Support for smooth transition was disabled years ago, when `plymouth` wasn't in the Void repo. `gdm` checks whether `plymouth` can be pinged at run time so that no hard dependency is required. #### General - [ ] This is a new package and it conforms to the [quality requirements](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/blob/master/Manual.md#quality-requirements) #### Have the results of the proposed changes been tested? - [x] I use the packages affected by the proposed changes on a regular basis and confirm this PR works for me - [ ] I generally don't use the affected packages but briefly tested this PR