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#151 2009-09-11 01:55:52

schivmeister
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Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

Works perfectly - simply awesome.

Last edited by schivmeister (2009-09-11 01:57:33)

I need real, proper pen and paper for this.

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#152 2009-09-25 13:04:13

darkbeanies
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Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

This is great!  There are some speed issues for me when choosing OS's, but they are acceptable when the payoff is a circular countdown spinning around a penguin and a nice backdrop and icons!

Anyone know how to stop it from dropping to the graphical terminal when it is just left to boot the default os?

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#153 2009-09-30 16:06:00

Viaken
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Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

Is there a reason you don't want to add the gfxmenu information to the pre-existant GRUB2 wiki? http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Grub2

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#154 2009-09-30 20:30:11

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Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

Yes, because (1) gfxmenu is going to be merging into official grub2 before too long and who knows what changes they're going to make, (2) I don't have time to do so, (3) anyone else who wishes to do so has the ability to without asking me, and (4) I said earlier in this thread that I was going to make a wiki page separate of grub2 for it (too much different stuff to clutter up the normal grub2 page with) but couldn't for the life of me find out how (nobody answered me). On a side note, I know how to do it now, but it's rather pointless and too late. When gfxmenu is grub2 mainline, stable, and more or less "set in stone" as far as setting it up goes (see the problems in this thread over people using old bzr config breaking grub), I'll do it if noone else has already done so.

IE: It's a waste of time right now and I didn't know how to make a separate page before, but seeing as the wiki is quite open, you're welcome to do it yourself if you really want it there right now.

Last edited by FrozenFox (2009-09-30 20:56:03)

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#155 2009-09-30 23:25:39

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Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

FrozenFox, since you seem to be on top of this stuff, do you know what happened to the 915resolution patch? ie, was it ever accepted or planned to be accepted into Grub mainline? From the looks of it, the patch was abandoned shortly after it was released, and it doesn't work with newer releases. Without this, the graphical menu is basically useless, as it will look horrible on my screen.

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#156 2009-09-30 23:33:42

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Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

I don't know about that as far as mainline goes, sorry. However, if youre using grub2-gfxmenu, the patch does seem to work okay according to one guy on AUR whom I suggested it to. I posted the info in the troubleshooting section of this tutorial on how to do it a ways back.

Last edited by FrozenFox (2009-09-30 23:33:54)

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#157 2009-10-03 11:06:10

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Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

It tested gfxmenu on Vmware an I noticed an encoding problem. Is it because Vmware?

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#158 2009-10-03 15:47:15

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Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

FrozenFox wrote:

I don't know about that as far as mainline goes, sorry. However, if youre using grub2-gfxmenu, the patch does seem to work okay according to one guy on AUR whom I suggested it to. I posted the info in the troubleshooting section of this tutorial on how to do it a ways back.

The patch doesn't seem to work anymore, though. It was against the 1.96 release of grub2, while it is currently the 1.97 release. sad

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#159 2009-10-03 18:08:25

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Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

Firewalker:

1) Have you checked whether that's the same issue as Troubleshooting #5 from the first post? I can't say whether or not vmware works properly, but I tested it on virtualbox a ways back and it worked fine other than being absurdly slow (took like 40 seconds to load to the graphical menu, then 5 seconds to switch between OSes or some such nonsense).

2) Check that grub2-gfxmenu-overlay is installed properly and you can see all the fonts in the grub2 folder /boot/grub/fonts.

3) Have you tried another theme? It's possible that particular theme used a font which was changed/removed with the new overlay I just posted. Likewise, does text work when grub2-gfxmenu is in text mode?

Smartboy:

EDIT: Just waking up ftl.

Damn. I'm afraid I can't help you then.

Last edited by FrozenFox (2009-10-03 18:11:37)

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#160 2009-10-04 05:33:16

chupy35
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Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

Hello everyone.

i also get this error but i dont use lvm and i have all in /:

do you know if it writes some kind of log? Because it just says
Error: File not found
Graphical menu failed
Falling back to text terminal

here is my grub.cfg (i try with the default theme and nothing):


# You can set supported resolutions here, but
#     be aware that the theme will not work
#     properly unless it is running on
#     what it was designed for.
set gfxmode=1024x768
insmod biosdisk
insmod pc
insmod font
insmod vbe
insmod gfxterm
insmod videotest
insmod tga
insmod png
insmod gfxmenu
insmod linux
insmod halt
insmod reboot

#set menuviewer="terminal"
set menuviewer="gfxmenu"

#set theme="/boot/grub/themes/ubuntu2/theme.txt"
#set theme="/boot/grub/themes/ubuntu1/theme.txt"
#set theme="/boot/grub/themes/winter/theme.txt"
set theme="/boot/grub/themes/archxabz/theme.txt
#set theme="/boot/grub/themes/proto/theme.txt"

# TODO: fix GRUB script parser -- it doesn't handle a space at the end of the line in a menu entry.

####################
#### BEGIN MENU ####

set timeout=8
set default="0"
set fallback="1"

# Entry 0 - Arch Linux
menuentry "Arch Linux" --class "arch" {
    set root=(hd0,4)
    linux /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda4 ro acpi_backlight=vendor ACPI_VIDEO=y VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL=y
    initrd /boot/kernel26.img
}

# Entry 1 - Arch Linux (Fallback)
menuentry "Arch Linux Fallback" --class "arch" {
    set root=(hd0,4)
    linux /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda4 ro
    initrd /boot/kernel26-fallback.img
}


set root=(hd0,2)
search --fs-uuid --set 209c1412-b202-47ed-899e-1c426452257a
menuentry "Ubuntu, linux 2.6.30-020630-generic" {
    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-020630-generic root=UUID=209c1412-b202-47ed-899e-1c426452257a ro  quiet splash
    initrd    /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-020630-generic
}
#menuentry "Ubuntu, linux 2.6.30-020630-generic (single-user mode)" {
#    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-020630-generic root=UUID=209c1412-b202-47ed-899e-1c426452257a ro single 
#    initrd    /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-020630-generic
#}
menuentry "Ubuntu, linux 2.6.30" {
    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30 root=/dev/sda2 ro  quiet splash
}
#menuentry "Ubuntu, linux 2.6.30 (single-user mode)" {
#    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30 root=/dev/sda2 ro single 
#}
menuentry "Ubuntu, linux 2.6.28-15-server" {
    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-server root=UUID=209c1412-b202-47ed-899e-1c426452257a ro  quiet splash
    initrd    /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-server
}
#menuentry "Ubuntu, linux 2.6.28-15-server (single-user mode)" {
#    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-server root=UUID=209c1412-b202-47ed-899e-1c426452257a ro single 
#    initrd    /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-server
#}

## Entry 2 - Windows XP
#menuentry "Windows XP" --class "windows" {
#    set root=(hd0,1)
#    chainloader +1
#}


####  END MENU  ####
####################

# Choose the font for gfxterm.
set gfxterm_font="Fixed 12"

# Load fonts.
# Generated with:
#  ls *.pf2 | perl -pe 's{^}{loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/}'
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/10x20.pf2                                            
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/4x6.pf2                                              
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/5x7.pf2                                              
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/5x8.pf2                                              
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/6x10.pf2                                             
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/6x12.pf2                                             
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/6x13.pf2                                             
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/6x13B.pf2                                            
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/6x13O.pf2                                            
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/6x9.pf2                                              
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/7x13.pf2                                             
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/7x13B.pf2                                            
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/7x13O.pf2                                            
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/7x14.pf2                                             
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/7x14B.pf2                                            
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/8x13.pf2                                             
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/8x13B.pf2                                            
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/8x13O.pf2                                            
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/9x15.pf2                                             
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/9x15B.pf2                                            
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/9x18.pf2                                             
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/9x18B.pf2                                            
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-10.pf2                                     
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-12.pf2                                     
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-14.pf2                                     
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-18.pf2                                     
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-24.pf2                                     
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-8.pf2                                      
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-Bold-10.pf2                                
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-Bold-12.pf2                                                                                                              
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-Bold-14.pf2                                                                                                              
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-Bold-18.pf2                                                                                                              
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-Bold-24.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-Bold-8.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-10.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-12.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-14.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-18.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-24.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-8.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-Bold-10.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-Bold-12.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-Bold-14.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-Bold-18.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-Bold-24.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-Bold-8.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/anorexia.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/aqui.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/clR6x12.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/cure.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/drift.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/edges.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/fkp.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/gelly.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/glisp-bold.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/glisp.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/helvR12.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/kates.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/lime.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/mints-mild.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/mints-strong.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/nu.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/smoothansi.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/snap.pf2

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#161 2009-10-04 06:59:21

FrozenFox
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Registered: 2008-03-23
Posts: 422
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Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

ls -al /boot/grub/themes/*/* please, chupy. if everything seems to be there (like theme.txt being pointed to) and permissions don't seem weird (granted, I don't think permissions would matter consider the kernel isn't even loaded.. but I don't know), try using a set root=(hdX,Y) at the top of grub.cfg somewhere pointing to the root partition. if it still doesn't work, leave that set root there but remove the /boot prefix from the theme line in use and see what happens. also, be sure grub2-gfxmenu-overlay is installed properly. pacman -Ql grub2-gfxmenu-overlay should show all manner of theme files.

also, the text mode menu is otherwise working, correct?

as for a log, if it writes one, I'm unaware of it. couldnt hurt to look in /var/log as usual though.

Last edited by FrozenFox (2009-10-04 07:11:14)

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#162 2009-10-04 11:49:38

firewalker
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From: Hellas (Greece).
Registered: 2006-06-05
Posts: 552

Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

Thanks for the tips FrozenFox. I will try again.

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#163 2009-10-04 19:22:43

chupy35
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Registered: 2009-10-04
Posts: 13

Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

Hey FrozenFox ythanks you are a genious, now it works:
here is my final .cfg

root=(hd0,4)
# You can set supported resolutions here, but
#     be aware that the theme will not work
#     properly unless it is running on
#     what it was designed for.
set gfxmode=1024x768
insmod biosdisk
insmod pc
insmod font
insmod vbe
insmod gfxterm
insmod videotest
insmod tga
insmod png
insmod gfxmenu
insmod linux
insmod halt
insmod reboot

#set menuviewer="terminal"
set menuviewer="gfxmenu"

#set theme="/boot/grub/themes/ubuntu2/theme.txt"
#set theme="/boot/grub/themes/ubuntu1/theme.txt"
#set theme="/boot/grub/themes/winter/theme.txt"
set theme="/boot/grub/themes/archxabz/theme.txt
#set theme="/boot/grub/themes/proto/theme.txt"

# TODO: fix GRUB script parser -- it doesn't handle a space at the end of the line in a menu entry.

####################
#### BEGIN MENU ####

set timeout=8
set default="0"
set fallback="1"

# Entry 0 - Arch Linux
menuentry "Arch Linux" --class "arch" {
    set root=(hd0,4)
    linux /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda4 ro acpi_backlight=vendor ACPI_VIDEO=y VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL=y
    initrd /boot/kernel26.img
}

# Entry 1 - Arch Linux (Fallback)
menuentry "Arch Linux Fallback" --class "arch" {
    set root=(hd0,4)
    linux /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda4 ro
    initrd /boot/kernel26-fallback.img
}


set root=(hd0,2)
search --fs-uuid --set 209c1412-b202-47ed-899e-1c426452257a
menuentry "Ubuntu, linux 2.6.30-020630-generic" {
    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-020630-generic root=UUID=209c1412-b202-47ed-899e-1c426452257a ro  quiet splash
    initrd    /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-020630-generic
}
#menuentry "Ubuntu, linux 2.6.30-020630-generic (single-user mode)" {
#    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-020630-generic root=UUID=209c1412-b202-47ed-899e-1c426452257a ro single 
#    initrd    /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-020630-generic
#}
menuentry "Ubuntu, linux 2.6.30" {
    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30 root=/dev/sda2 ro  quiet splash
}
#menuentry "Ubuntu, linux 2.6.30 (single-user mode)" {
#    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30 root=/dev/sda2 ro single 
#}
menuentry "Ubuntu, linux 2.6.28-15-server" {
    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-server root=UUID=209c1412-b202-47ed-899e-1c426452257a ro  quiet splash
    initrd    /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-server
}
#menuentry "Ubuntu, linux 2.6.28-15-server (single-user mode)" {
#    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-server root=UUID=209c1412-b202-47ed-899e-1c426452257a ro single 
#    initrd    /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-server
#}

## Entry 2 - Windows XP
#menuentry "Windows XP" --class "windows" {
#    set root=(hd0,1)
#    chainloader +1
#}


####  END MENU  ####
####################
set root=(hd0,4)
# Choose the font for gfxterm.
set gfxterm_font="Fixed 12"

# Load fonts.
# Generated with:
#  ls *.pf2 | perl -pe 's{^}{loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/}'
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/10x20.pf2                                            
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/4x6.pf2                                              
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/5x7.pf2                                              
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/5x8.pf2                                              
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/6x10.pf2                                             
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/6x12.pf2                                             
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/6x13.pf2                                             
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/6x13B.pf2                                            
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/6x13O.pf2                                            
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/6x9.pf2                                              
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/7x13.pf2                                             
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/7x13B.pf2                                            
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/7x13O.pf2                                            
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/7x14.pf2                                             
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/7x14B.pf2                                            
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/8x13.pf2                                             
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/8x13B.pf2                                            
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/8x13O.pf2                                            
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/9x15.pf2                                             
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/9x15B.pf2                                            
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/9x18.pf2                                             
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/9x18B.pf2                                            
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-10.pf2                                     
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-12.pf2                                     
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-14.pf2                                     
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-18.pf2                                     
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-24.pf2                                     
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-8.pf2                                      
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-Bold-10.pf2                                
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-Bold-12.pf2                                                                                                              
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-Bold-14.pf2                                                                                                              
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-Bold-18.pf2                                                                                                              
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-Bold-24.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-Bold-8.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-10.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-12.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-14.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-18.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-24.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-8.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-Bold-10.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-Bold-12.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-Bold-14.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-Bold-18.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-Bold-24.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-Bold-8.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/anorexia.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/aqui.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/clR6x12.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/cure.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/drift.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/edges.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/fkp.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/gelly.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/glisp-bold.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/glisp.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/helvR12.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/kates.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/lime.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/mints-mild.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/mints-strong.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/nu.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/smoothansi.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/snap.pf2

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#164 2009-10-26 09:58:30

sDoky
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From: Brno, Czech Republic
Registered: 2008-09-24
Posts: 183

Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

Hi, I am experiencing really annoying error. After installing grub2-gfxmenu it cannot load my system. it says:
"unknown command - initrd"
"need to load kernel first"
I have tried booting any way possible and it seems not to recognize neither these new commands nor grub0.9 commands.

my /boot/grub/grub.cfg

# You can set supported resolutions here, but

#     be aware that the theme will not work

#     properly unless it is running on

#     what it was designed for.

#set gfxmode=1024x768

insmod biosdisk

insmod pc

insmod font

insmod vbe

insmod gfxterm

insmod videotest

insmod tga

insmod png

insmod gfxmenu



#set menuviewer="terminal"

set menuviewer="gfxmenu"



#set theme="/boot/grub/themes/ubuntu2/theme.txt"

#set theme="/boot/grub/themes/ubuntu1/theme.txt"

set theme="/boot/grub/themes/winter/theme.txt"

#set theme="/boot/grub/themes/proto/theme.txt"



# TODO: fix GRUB script parser -- it doesn't handle a space at the end of the line in a menu entry.



####################

#### BEGIN MENU ####



set timeout=8

set default="0"

set fallback="1"



# Entry 0 - Arch Linux

menuentry "Arch Linux" --class "arch" {

    set root=(hd0,4)

    linux /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda5 ro

    initrd /boot/kernel26.img

}



# Entry 1 - Arch Linux (Fallback)

menuentry "Arch Linux Fallback" --class "arch" {

    set root=(hd0,4)

    linux /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda5 ro

    initrd /boot/kernel26-fallback.img

}



## Entry 2 - Windows XP

#menuentry "Windows XP" --class "windows" {

#    set root=(hd0,1)

#    chainloader +1

#}





####  END MENU  ####

####################



# Choose the font for gfxterm.

set gfxterm_font="Fixed 12"



# Load fonts.

# Generated with:

#  ls *.pf2 | perl -pe 's{^}{loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/}'

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/10x20.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/4x6.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/5x7.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/5x8.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/6x10.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/6x12.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/6x13B.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/6x13O.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/6x13.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/6x9.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/7x13B.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/7x13O.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/7x13.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/7x14B.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/7x14.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/8x13B.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/8x13O.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/8x13.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/9x15B.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/9x15.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/9x18B.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/9x18.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/anorexia.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/aqui.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/clR6x12.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/cure.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/drift.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/edges.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/fkp.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/gelly.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/glisp-bold.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/glisp.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-10.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-12.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-14.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-18.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-24.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-8.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-Bold-10.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-Bold-12.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-Bold-14.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-Bold-18.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-Bold-24.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/Helvetica-Bold-8.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/helvR12.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/kates.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/lime.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/mints-mild.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/mints-strong.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-10.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-12.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-14.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-18.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-24.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-8.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-Bold-10.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-Bold-12.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-Bold-14.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-Bold-18.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-Bold-24.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/New_Century_Schoolbook-Bold-8.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/nu.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/smoothansi.pf2

loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/snap.pf2

don't know what to do. I am loading my system via flash drive with arch installation on it. Please help. After what I've seen grub2-gfxmenu doin' I don't want the old crappy grub.

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#165 2009-10-28 16:55:59

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Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

Hm. I'm wondering if perhaps it installed some files on your hard drive as opposed to the flash drive (or set something up incorrectly using that assumption), on the assumption you used grub-install /dev/your-flash-drive-device from an HD Arch.

On the assumption that

(1) Your flash drive does not have a separate /boot partition
(2) Your flash drive arch root is /dev/sdc1 and obviously on /dev/sdc

Try this and see if you have any luck:

(From your hard drive arch)
1) sudo mkdir /mnt/root
2) sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/root
3) sudo mount -t proc proc /mnt/root/proc
4) sudo mount -t sysfs sys /mnt/root/sys
5) sudo mount -o bind /dev /mnt/root/dev
6) Copy the *.pkg.tar.gz files for grub2-gfxmenu and grub2-gfxmenu-overlay to your flash drive /
7) chroot /mnt/root
8) pacman -U /grub2-gfxmenu-*.pkg.tar.gz (from the chrooted environment)
9) sudo grub-install /dev/sdc (from the chrooted environment)
10) Of course check/copy the grub.cfg as necessary

If that doesn't work, I'm not sure what the problem is. I don't see any issues with your grub.cfg offhand, but I don't have too much time to look it over atm

Last edited by FrozenFox (2009-10-28 17:01:49)

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#166 2009-10-29 06:44:56

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Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

I didn't know (maybe it is here, but I didn't find it) that grub2 numbers hard drives differwnt way. I was used to (hd0,0) for /dev/sda1, (hd0,4) for /dev/sda5 and so on. Apparently grub2 describes my /dev/sda5 as (hd0,5). Sorry, my bad.
Thank you FrozenFox for your post.

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#167 2009-10-29 19:41:32

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Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

You are welcome anyway. I mentioned that many times in the first post though. It's also listed as one of the first things you should read before starting. (Intro B 2) tongue RTFM sir!

Glad it's all working for you.

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#168 2009-11-01 05:58:30

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Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

Hello, i made two new themes, kubuntu-shine and Blue-C4D, name of wallpapers

grub2themekubuntushine.th.png grub2themebluec4d.th.png grub2gfxmenuarchlinuxcl.th.png

Kubuntu-shine have gpl license and Blue-C4D i don't know. You can download here
Good bye.

PD: New theme Archlinuxcl

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#169 2009-11-01 07:37:17

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Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

Damn it xabz. I was just enjoying my time off in Windows 7, away from KDE bugs. Now I'm going to have to boot back into Arch and package those. tongue

Hehe. I will hopefully have them both up in AUR and the ArchFox binary repos within a few days, along with a couple other things I forgot about. I'm also considering adding a new/up-to-date grub2-gfxmenu-bzr, since a couple people have bugged me about the very old age of the stable package in AUR (corresponding to the self-contained code provided by the gfxmenu author).

Thanks for your great work as always, Xabz smile

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#170 2009-11-02 22:52:49

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Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

I am happy to report after so much attempting that the flickering actually went away... when I changed the resolution.

Are there any widescreen (16:10) Arch themes for this?

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#171 2009-11-03 02:10:04

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Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

Great news. I will add that information to the troubleshooting section in the main post, thank you, Yaro. Unfortunately, I've not seen wider res themes before, but I couldn't say for sure. You might try building one from the instructions on the author's website (and reporting back if you want to share!).

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#172 2009-11-03 04:32:13

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Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

FrozenFox wrote:

Great news. I will add that information to the troubleshooting section in the main post, thank you, Yaro. Unfortunately, I've not seen wider res themes before, but I couldn't say for sure. You might try building one from the instructions on the author's website (and reporting back if you want to share!).

I've looked into it. No sign of any widescreen themes. However, since this changed to my LCD's native resolution without complaint I imagine most of it involves simply dropping in replacement images. I am reading up on the theme format to make a snazzy theme. If I ever get it done, I'll let you know.

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#173 2009-11-20 00:51:46

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Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

Hey, i have an issue, but 1st i must thank for this beautiful piece of software.
I have grub2-graphical in my mbr and i installed debian lenny with grub2 on its root partition. I tried several combinations but im not being able to chainload into the debian grub. I know i can simply add the line from debian's grub.cfg into arch's grub.cfg, but is it possible to chainload ? My debian install is on sda9. I tried (hd0,9) , (hd0,8). They dont work. Get an error like "unrecognized string etc etc"

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#174 2009-11-20 01:20:45

Yaro
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Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

iDIEDaLONGtimeAGO wrote:

Hey, i have an issue, but 1st i must thank for this beautiful piece of software.
I have grub2-graphical in my mbr and i installed debian lenny with grub2 on its root partition. I tried several combinations but im not being able to chainload into the debian grub. I know i can simply add the line from debian's grub.cfg into arch's grub.cfg, but is it possible to chainload ? My debian install is on sda9. I tried (hd0,9) , (hd0,8). They dont work. Get an error like "unrecognized string etc etc"

Are you sure that you have GRUB2 on your Debian installation?

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#175 2009-11-20 03:54:25

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Re: Care to play with grub2-graphical?

Fyi those who've been waiting for the theme packages for Xabz' new stuff: I got all of it packaged and ready to post to AUR and the archfox repos. However, I'm waiting on a few emails about the licenses before I put them up (specifically, 2 new ones I'm going to add not listed here in this thread and blue-c4d). Sorry for the delays smile.

iDIEDaLONGtimeAGO wrote:

Hey, i have an issue, but 1st i must thank for this beautiful piece of software.
I have grub2-graphical in my mbr and i installed debian lenny with grub2 on its root partition. I tried several combinations but im not being able to chainload into the debian grub. I know i can simply add the line from debian's grub.cfg into arch's grub.cfg, but is it possible to chainload ? My debian install is on sda9. I tried (hd0,9) , (hd0,8). They dont work. Get an error like "unrecognized string etc etc"

I'm sorry, I don't know how to help you further than the above poster. As he says, it sounds to me like you installed the debian boot loader to the MBR instead of the debian root partition, [which grub2-gfxmenu would have overwritten when installed, if that guess is correct]. This can of course be fixed by livecd if you know how. However, this comment gives off an impression I should mention needs fixing, if correct. You should thank http://grub.gibibit.com/index  Mr Colin Bennett here, he made the gfxmenu stuff, not anyone here. I had no part in its development, I only package it for Arch.

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