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[67.11.147.202]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b4sm18655237anb.22.2012.02.26.08.50.11 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 26 Feb 2012 08:50:11 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4F4A62C2.9070500@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:50:10 -0600 From: Bruce Dubbs User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080722 SeaMonkey/1.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB Subject: Re: The submenu command shows a text-based menu when using a GFX theme. 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X-Received-From: 209.85.213.41 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:50:19 -0000 Towheed Mohammed wrote: > I have tested this on separate distros, including but not limited to: > ArchLinux, Debian (and Debian-based distros), Slackware, Fedora, > VectorLinux and openSUSE (some others I can't recall ATM), all with > and without separate /boot partitions and all with GRUB 1.99 > installed.. Actually, my demo theme is located in /usr/share/grub > and not in /boot/grub. As it is, the fully qualified filename works > as intended. Placing the themes in /usr/share/grub removes the > incompatibility of having a separate /boot partition and also removes > any incompatibility from some distro that use /boot/grub2 instead of > /boot/grub. > > If the unreliability is because of separate /boot partitions and/or > other distros using /boot/grub2 instead of /boot/grub then please > consider placing themes in /usr/share/grub instead of /boot/grub. > This removes the unreliability and ensures the theme will display > properly across all distros and all partitioning schemes. > > I don't think users should place files in /boot/grub. Files there > should only be those necessary for the bootloader to function > properly. Although it's a protected directory, it's all to easy for > 'inexperienced' users to simply 'su' and delete critical files > (unintentionally while working on themes) thus preventing their > system from booting. > > Please keep this feature and consider placing themes in > /usr/share/grub. This is not a good suggestion. I have several instances of /usr/share on my system in different root filesystem partitions. Which one would grub use? All the files for the boot process need to be in a single partition. /boot/grub2 is a distro specific issue and distros that use it need to maintain it. -- Bruce