From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1LUW7p-0003cW-SV for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:00:21 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LUW7o-0003bN-1u for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:00:20 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LUW7l-0003Z1-RE for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:00:19 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53628 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LUW7l-0003Yv-MX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:00:17 -0500 Received: from elasmtp-dupuy.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.62]:38187) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LUW7l-0008UF-7p for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:00:17 -0500 Received: from [24.148.247.139] (helo=[192.168.0.199]) by elasmtp-dupuy.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1LUW7i-00080x-Cd for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:00:14 -0500 Message-ID: <4988E948.9050407@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:03:04 -0500 From: BandiPat Organization: Magic Page Products User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11/20081105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <4988A7A0.4000206@earthlink.net> <1233693981.3434.10.camel@fz.local> In-Reply-To: <1233693981.3434.10.camel@fz.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: c85a64c14a050764b95206241ab561599ef193a6bfc3dd48f4eef5111f70f5f5e6f98a84ef037266795b3f24a9f74b7f350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 24.148.247.139 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 Subject: Re: Grub2 background images X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:00:20 -0000 Felix Zielcke wrote: > Am Dienstag, den 03.02.2009, 15:22 -0500 schrieb BandiPat: > >> Now on to my questions. I have built the new svn as a Zenwalk package. >> When updating Grub2 with new versions, is it advisable to run >> grub-install again, so that new or revised files get copied to your >> /boot/grub directory or is just upgrading all that is necessary for >> grub2 to take advantage of the new stuff? > > Yes you need to run grub-install to really update it. > >> Next, I followed your instructions Felix, but am still not able to get a >> background image to display. I will include my grub.cfg, so you guys >> might look at that. Thanks again for all the help! Since switching >> over to Grub2, it has been stable & reliable with my XFS partitions. >> I'm actually thinking it might be a good time for you guys to release >> another version. 1.97 would be good, but I honestly think 2.0beta1 is >> obtainable. It's a good program. > > There was already some talk about releasing 1.97 but it has stopped. > >> grub.cfg follows: > > Your config is generated without the graphical terminal stuff. > It should look like this: > > if loadfont /usr/share/grub/ascii.pf2 ; then > set gfxmode=640x480 > insmod gfxterm > insmod vbe > terminal_output gfxterm > fi > insmod png > backgroung_image /boot/grub/ZenGrub.png > =========== Ok, it's getting better! I can see the changes made with the above code you gave me, but I can still not get a background image to display. I even reduced a picture down to 640x480-256 to see if maybe the picture was too large. Can I change the size from 640x480 to say 800x600 or 1024x768 for the gfxterm? Here is my new grub.cfg file: # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates # from and settings from /usr/etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /usr/etc/grub.d/00_header ### set default=0 set timeout=10 if loadfont /usr/share/grub/ascii.pf2 ; then set gfxmode=640x480 insmod gfxterm insmod vbe terminal_output gfxterm fi insmod png backgroung_image /boot/grub/Zen-splash.png terminal console ### END /usr/etc/grub.d/00_header ### ### BEGIN /usr/etc/grub.d/10_freebsd ### ### END /usr/etc/grub.d/10_freebsd ### ### BEGIN /usr/etc/grub.d/10_hurd ### ### END /usr/etc/grub.d/10_hurd ### ### BEGIN /usr/etc/grub.d/10_linux ### menuentry "GNU/Linux, Zenwalk 6.0" { set root=(hd0,2) search --fs-uuid --set aa0d3fde-d609-45b8-9af9-081d159768ef linux /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 ro splash=silent vga=794 initrd (hd0,2)/boot/initrd.splash } menuentry "GNU/Linux, Zenwalk Text" { set root=(hd0,2) search --fs-uuid --set aa0d3fde-d609-45b8-9af9-081d159768ef linux /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 3 ro splash=silent vga=794 initrd (hd0,2)/boot/initrd.splash } menuentry "Memory Test (memtest86+)" { set root=(hd0,2) linux (hd0,2)/boot/memtest86+-1.70.bin } menuentry "GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.28.2 (single-user mode)" { set root=(hd0,2) search --fs-uuid --set aa0d3fde-d609-45b8-9af9-081d159768ef linux /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 ro single } ### END /usr/etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /usr/etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### END /usr/etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### BEGIN /usr/etc/grub.d/40_custom ### # This file is an example on how to add custom entries ### END /usr/etc/grub.d/40_custom ### Thanks as always, Pat