Is this the right sequence? What goes first? What goes before SDDM and after it?
Does Plymouth need to be installed to show splash?
Is this welcome screen in Plasma settings a Plymouth or bootsplash?
I want to put this Manjaro background right after system start, before SDDM, without spinning wheels or flashing dots. Do I need adjust resolution? Currently it is 800x600 and I use 1440x900 screen.
No offense but are you serious? I asked a simple question. Gathering all information with this command is not necessary to answer my question. I use Manjaro and Plasma and
Yes, I read older posts but not found explicit answer to my question about the sequence. Also I noticed that no one asked for the output of this command in similar posts.
you are not asking support for manjaro, you are asking support for individual configuration. If someone asks you to provide system information so that possible helpers can know more about your setup i would advice you to do so, to receive support that really is not directly related to manjaro.
cat /etc/default/grub
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Manjaro"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet udev.log_priority=3"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
# Set to 'countdown' or 'hidden' to change timeout behavior,
# press ESC key to display menu.
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
# Uncomment one of them for the gfx desired, a image background or a gfxtheme
GRUB_BACKGROUND="/usr/share/grub/background.png"
#GRUB_THEME="/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/theme.txt"