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3ntr0py

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Registered: 2023-05-08

Posts: 1

Issue: grub-mkconfig failing when processing theme.txt

I have gotten myself a theme i want to install, changed the background file to something i want to use instead of the themes default. This is the current theme.txt:

desktop-image: "background.jpg"

title-text:" "
message-font: "Poppins Regular 16"
message-color: "#757575"
terminal-font: "Terminus Regular 16"
terminal-box: "terminal_*.png"

+ boot_menu {
  width = 40%
  height = 37%
  top = 56%
  left = 30%
  icon_width = 32
  icon_height =32
  item_height = 48
  item_padding = 8
  item_icon_space = 12
  item_spacing = 8
  menu_pixmap_style = "boot_menu_*.png"
  item_font = "Poppins Regular 20"
  item_color = "#ece6dd"
  selected_item_color= "#0e2936"
  selected_item_pixmap_style= "select_bkg_*.png"
  scrollbar = true
  scrollbar_width = 12
  scrollbar_thumb = "slider_*.png"
}

+ progress_bar {
		id = "__timeout__"
		left = 0%
		width = 100%
		top = 100%
		height = 22
		show_text = true
		text_color = "255, 255, 255"
		bar_style = "progress_bar_*.png"
		highlight_style = "progress_highlight_*.png"
}

only change from the one found on the internet is the .jpg that is originally a png.
I have fit the /etc/default/grub to the path of my theme.txt.

When making the grub congig via:

sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

I get the following error message:

/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 2: desktop-image:: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 5: title-text: : command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 6: message-font:: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 7: message-color:: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 8: terminal-font:: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 9: terminal-box:: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 12: +: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 13: width: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 14: height: command not found
top: unknown option '='
Usage:
  top -hv | -bcEeHiOSs1 -d secs -n max -u|U user -p pid(s) -o field -w [cols]
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 16: left: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 17: icon_width: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 18: icon_height: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 19: item_height: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 20: item_padding: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 21: item_icon_space: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 22: item_spacing: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 23: menu_pixmap_style: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 24: item_font: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 25: item_color: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 26: #0e2936: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 27: select_bkg_*.png: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 28: scrollbar: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 29: scrollbar_width: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 30: scrollbar_thumb: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 31: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
/boot/grub/themes/ThemeGrub.CyberSynchro/Theme/theme.txt: line 31: `}'

seeing this i though, why not change your theme to the grub default starfield, make config and i get this:

/boot/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt: line 24: message-font:: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt: line 25: message-color:: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt: line 26: message-bg-color:: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt: line 27: terminal-box:: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt: line 28: terminal-font:: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt: line 29: desktop-image:: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt: line 32: +: command not found
top: unknown option '='
Usage:
  top -hv | -bcEeHiOSs1 -d secs -n max -u|U user -p pid(s) -o field -w [cols]
/boot/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt: line 34: left: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt: line 35: width: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt: line 36: height: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt: line 37: text: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt: line 38: align: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt: line 39: font: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt: line 40: color: command not found
/boot/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt: line 41: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
/boot/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt: line 41: `}'

After seeing that this did not work I tried to find out what I did wrong, but everything i tried seems to be exactly what the people before me did, so now I am here, clueless. I hope you can help me with this one. Thanks in advance.

Ferdinand

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From: Norway

Registered: 2020-01-02

Posts: 338

Re: Issue: grub-mkconfig failing when processing theme.txt

Your theme reads as a script, which probably means you are calling it wrong.

The correct syntax in /etc/default/grub is:

GRUB_THEME="/usr/share/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt"

If that is how you are calling it, then please post your /etc/default/grub.

Also check the wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GRUB/T … figuration

And the GRUB manual for themes if you want to mess with that sort of things
https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manua … ile-format

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