Grub

garlam · 08-04-2003, 03:34 PM

I installed grub 0.92 and patched it with grub-0.92-vga.patch in order to set a background inmage.

I build an image 640x480 16 colors with extension .xpm and i gzipped it

I added this line to the config file:

splashimage=(hd1,5)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

but what i see is only a black background.

Wath doesn' t work ????

thank.

Mathieu · 08-04-2003, 04:38 PM

If you have a /boot partition, then all paths are relative to /boot.
So try this instread:

Code:

splashimage=(hd1,5)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

Also, I believe that the GRUB splash images can only have a maximum of 14 colors.

garlam · 08-05-2003, 04:49 AM

I don't have a /boot partition. I have only a swap partition (hd1,4) and a ext3 partition (hd1,5).

I tryed also with a 14 colors image but without results.

I used this command:

Quote:

convert -geometry 640x480 -colors 14 image.jpg splash.xpm && gzip splash.xpm

sketchdude · 08-05-2003, 03:11 PM

This page was helpful to me when I was setting up grub with a background image.

Find the script on this page to check if your patched version of grub will actually support images. Also, download one of the authors background images to use as a test. -It took me a couple of tries with gimp to create an image that would work.

If all else fails you can get a patched version of grub from the debian unstable source tree. There is a link somewhere on the page.

http://ruslug.rutgers.edu/~mcgrof/grub-images/

garlam · 08-06-2003, 04:01 PM

Thank for the link.

I have done a little step forward:
previously (with grub 0.92) everytime I typed the splashimage
command grub sent an error 27 (Unknown coomand). I use the shell file checksplash.sh ad it told me that the splashimage
wasn't supported.

Now I use the 0.93 version and I applyed the grub-0.93-vga16 patch,
so the splashimage command is recognized but the background is still black.

I think that the problem is on the images I used.

Do you have a link where I can download some images for my tests????