[sf-lug] problem with Grub

[Ken Shaffer]

On my UEFI install, I just have the background image, splash.png,  in
/boot/grub.  The below is the standard grub.cfg that seems to get
generated from 05_debian:
if background_image /boot/grub/splash.png; then
  true
else
  set menu_color_normal=white/black
  set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
fi

No special packages needed, but I think at some point, the image name
flexibility was lost ant the name had to be splash.png

FYI, I've had no issues with grub.cfg generated boot paragraphs for
either UEFI or legacy.  The only tailoring I do is in 40_custom to add
some ISO boots.
Ken


On 1/12/22, Ronald Barnes <ron at ronaldbarnes.ca> wrote:
> Akkana Peck wrote on 2022-01-12 4:48 p.m.:
>
>> Speaking of grub problems: has anybody managed to get a custom
>> background image working in grub on UEFI? I've tried everything I
>> can think of, read all the docs I can find, tried installing the
>> grub-splashimages packge, but nothing has worked, and none of the
>> docs addresses details like, if you put a background_image entry
>> in a grub config, what filesystem is that relative to, so where
>> should you put the image on the running system so that grub will
>> see it at the next boot? Background images used to work on MBR
>> systems.
>
> I have a splash screen working in grub.
>
> The image is in the /boot/grub/themes/myTheme folder:
>
>  > desktop-image: "background.png"
>
>
> Similar to entries like these:
>
>  > terminal-box: "terminal_*.png"
>
>
> I have package "grub-theme-breeze" installed, then customized that.
>
>
>
> Now for a confession: I'm not even sure if I'm on a UEFI system.
>
> There's an 8MB /dev/sda1, however when I mount it the only thing I see
> is "/lost+found", so I suspect I'm using MBR.
>
>
> rb
>
>
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