BURG on Arch Linux

hsa2 · 2010-06-29 13:49:54

Hi,

I have both arch linux and ubuntu installed on my machine. I saw BURG on omgubuntu.co.uk* and installed it on ubuntu. BURG is a eye-candy grub replacement (it's also based on grub).

Then I tried to install BURG on arch linux as well. There is packages on AUR, burg-bzr and burg-themes. As I understood from Ubuntu, no other package is necessary for BURG to work. I installed burg with command burg-install (just like grub) after I configured burg.conf. But you know what, it didn't work I tried something and couldn't get it working.

Is there anyone built and run burg without any problem I wonder?

[0]: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/01/make … nicer.html

Last edited by hsa2 (2010-06-29 13:54:49)

z0id · 2010-06-29 15:47:06

The burg-bzr PKGBUILD installs everything in /opt/burg. I think it should be configured with --prefix=/
Anyway, I installed BURG, but I cannot get it to detect the OS.

# burg-mkconfig -o /boot/burg/burg.cfg
Generating burg.cfg ...
Found theme: /boot/burg/themes/radiance/theme
done

el mariachi · 2010-06-30 23:21:28

I tried once and had to boot to my trusty arch liveUSB to save the day by reinstalling GRUB.
I still want to use it though, black dull backgrounds are cool and geeky but I need color in my life hehe

Do want http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/06/dark … cuous.html
I envy Ubuntu sometimes for having a working Plymouth in addition to easy BURG. Wouldn't trade that for arch though..

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hsa2 · 2010-07-01 00:48:28

I don't think that it is too difficult. But nowadays I don't have enough time to try to get it working (it requires to reboot each time you change a thing to test). May be someone could figure it out and tell everybody. Packages are -almost- ready, I think configuring is the missing part.

hsa2 · 2010-07-14 22:41:55

Up!

cruznick · 2010-07-15 04:27:51

hi I'm new here but i also like thsis program my last try was kind of unsusecfull because i get burg installed but there was no grafical only text i will give it a try again so i will let you know

Sorry for my english

BimoZX · 2010-08-09 08:28:57

Have anyone here tried BURG the bootloader with the eye candy,
I just want to know if there is any quirks, cause this is a bootloader,
and if this part gone haywire, I'll be in a helpless situation.

jack.mitchell · 2010-08-09 09:53:48

Looks fancy

There is a package in the AUR but it looks ropey. Perhaps give a helping hand in improving it... but you've at least got a starting point:

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=33382

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hurleyef · 2010-08-09 13:01:30

I got the one off the aur to work sans eye-candy, which kind of defeats the purpose. : /

Mr.Elendig · 2010-08-09 17:51:26

BimoZX wrote:

Have anyone here tried BURG the bootloader with the eye candy,
I just want to know if there is any quirks, cause this is a bootloader,
and if this part gone haywire, I'll be in a helpless situation.

Please use the search function, there was a recent somewhat long thread about burg.

shemz · 2010-08-09 17:59:44

I tried it a couple of months back. Before you use this bootloader, it might be good idea to familiarize yourself with grub2. Burg works with Arch, but it requires some tweaking. I had to define a separate OS class for Arch as it was not identified by default, and also had to modify some themes to use custom class and logo. Also the pkgbuild has some errors, but on most systems it should build fine.

BimoZX · 2010-08-12 05:21:08

@Mr. Elendig: I actually did search and all I found is one thread with only 5 replies, so I'm hoping for a more informative experience from others.

@shemz: That doesn't sound good, so out-of-the-box is not promising?

shemz · 2010-08-14 21:35:49

all good things in life are diy and thats why we have a wonderful wiki. ubuntu has a page on burg, arch should also have one.

BimoZX · 2010-08-16 10:43:33

Yes they should have, a page about eyecandy, no matter how purist people at arch are, not all people is that way.

Stefan Husmann · 2010-08-16 10:49:30

Write one.

BimoZX · 2010-08-17 07:12:12

But I really don't have the knowledge to make it, haven't used arch that much.

RambJoe · 2010-08-18 03:47:07

[root@joe joe]# /usr/local/sbin/burg-install /dev/sda

That just hangs.

shemz · 2010-08-18 06:20:41

Try these:
http://www.burgloader.com/bbs/index.php?topic=2.0
http://code.google.com/p/burg/wiki/ThemeCustomization
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Burg/

RambJoe · 2010-08-18 17:09:28

Thanks.

I did it in Ubuntu anyway though.

cruznick · 2010-08-22 03:28:10

Hi I don't know if it's permited to post links to my personal blog but i recently made a how to for burg in my blog but it is in spanish i you want help tell me
http://archydeb.wordpress.com/2010/08/0 … archlinux/

flamelab · 2010-08-22 03:39:05

cruznick wrote:

Hi I don't know if it's permited to post links to my personal blog but i recently made a how to for burg in my blog but it is in spanish i you want help tell me
http://archydeb.wordpress.com/2010/08/0 … archlinux/

You really should create a PKGBUILD, since make/make install without a package inside a system must never be allowed - especially an essential program like a bootloader. Check the PKGBUILD proto, inside the pacman package.

cruznick · 2010-08-22 03:45:09

flamelab wrote:

cruznick wrote:
Hi I don't know if it's permited to post links to my personal blog but i recently made a how to for burg in my blog but it is in spanish i you want help tell me
http://archydeb.wordpress.com/2010/08/0 … archlinux/
You really should create a PKGBUILD, since make/make install without a package inside a system must never be allowed - especially an essential program like a bootloader. Check the PKGBUILD proto, inside the pacman package.

I know I should but XD I'm a newbie in the "PKGBUILD" area i allready read the wiki but a don't undestood everything

flamelab · 2010-08-22 14:08:58

cruznick wrote:

flamelab wrote:
cruznick wrote:
Hi I don't know if it's permited to post links to my personal blog but i recently made a how to for burg in my blog but it is in spanish i you want help tell me
http://archydeb.wordpress.com/2010/08/0 … archlinux/
You really should create a PKGBUILD, since make/make install without a package inside a system must never be allowed - especially an essential program like a bootloader. Check the PKGBUILD proto, inside the pacman package.
I know I should but XD I'm a newbie in the "PKGBUILD" area i allready read the wiki but a don't undestood everything

Trial and error, give it a try, it will help you a lot.

cruznick · 2010-08-24 05:48:05

flamelab wrote:

cruznick wrote:
flamelab wrote:
You really should create a PKGBUILD, since make/make install without a package inside a system must never be allowed - especially an essential program like a bootloader. Check the PKGBUILD proto, inside the pacman package.
I know I should but XD I'm a newbie in the "PKGBUILD" area i allready read the wiki but a don't undestood everything
Trial and error, give it a try, it will help you a lot.

Well I finally do it I read almost 20 pkgbuilds but finally make that burg works better than the one that's already in AUR
just do

yaourt -S burg-bzr-fixed

for bootloader

yaourt -S burg-emu-fixed

for burg-emu

yaourt -S burg-themes-fixed

for themes hope you like it

they are here

cruznick · 2010-08-24 05:53:42

cruznick wrote:

hi I'm new here but i also like thsis program my last try was kind of unsusecfull because i get burg installed but there was no grafical only text i will give it a try again so i will let you know
Sorry for my english

Well I finally do it I read almost 20 pkgbuilds but finally make that burg works better than the one that's already in AUR
just do

yaourt -S burg-bzr-fixed

for bootloader

yaourt -S burg-emu-fixed

for burg-emu

yaourt -S burg-themes-fixed

for themes hope you like it

they are here

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