Updating original boot screen

alejandroye · 10-22-2009, 11:23 AM

Hi

How can I change (by command) the boot menu screen at first, where appear the selection of bootloader.

-linux(/boot/vmlinuz)
-failsafe
-windows

thank you

linus72 · 10-22-2009, 03:17 PM

You mean you wanna edit the grub menu.lst?

its in /boot/grub

what do you wanna add or subtract?

alejandroye · 10-22-2009, 10:50 PM

Thank you for your answer, but that I need is to change the backgroooud color, design, where can I find that?

thank you

rolf · 10-22-2009, 11:40 PM

You can call draksplash from console as root or find it in Mandriva Control Center > Boot > Set up boot graphical theme of system. Create your own theme.

alejandroye · 10-23-2009, 08:45 AM

yes, I can change those background but I only change on the current user, I just need to change the background color and design from the start, where it say;
-linux(/boot/vmlinuz)
-failsafe
-windows

and the background when ask about login user and password

When you use drakspalsh, where are those file and picture? /boot or /src or /etc to edit or add picture

thankyou

rolf · 10-23-2009, 10:30 AM

For the boot menu screen in grub, here is the top of my menu.lst:

timeout 5
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
default 0

The colors are for the 'text' menu as I don't use the graphical boot. You could change those for the text menu. gfxmenu provides the graphics and is specified in the menu.lst for those who use graphical boot. See

info grub

Code:

File: grub.info,  Node: gfxmenu,  Next: timeout,  Prev: hiddenmenu,  Up: Menu-specific commands

13.1.3 gfxmenu
--------------

 -- Command: gfxmenu file
     Use the graphical menu interface. The graphics data are taken from
     FILE and must be created using 'mkbootmsg' from the gfxboot
     package.

I haven't used gfxboot but it has a manual page.

For the login screen, I have always used KDE and kdm desktop manager. It will depend on your desktop manager. For kdm, look under /usr/share/apps/kdm/ for themes and pictures. There is also a README.

For KDE, the login theme can be changed in systemsettings as root. Press Alt-F2 for the 'Run' command box and issue

kdesu systemsettings

Look under Login Manager, on the Advanced tab in icon view.

alejandroye · 10-24-2009, 11:38 AM

rolf, thank you for your help, I could change some of the screens but still I can not change the first boot screen when the system ask, what mode it will boot; "Linux,failsafe,windows".

Where are those background files in the system, under /usr? or under /lib or /etc?, can you tell me. I tried using syslog and boot.log but I couldn't find it

Thank you

rolf · 10-24-2009, 11:47 AM

Look in your menu.lst. As I read it, you are using a graphical boot and, as I said, gfxmenu is the file that creates the appearance. It is specified in menu.lst, as the info file on grub states. I gave all the information that I know, already. Install and look at gfxboot, maybe google for other gfxmenu files, I have not worked with this, myself.

Here, google finds this post: http://mandrivausers.org/index.php?/...-with-gfxboot/

ernie · 10-26-2009, 02:55 AM

Mandriva uses splashy to display the boot menu background. It has a character interface. For information, see man splashy. For information on the configuration tool, see man splashy_config.

HTH,