GRUB2 theming for lucid?

[bean123]

This thread is too silent!

Im loving the folding option. Im trying to change the background to match the xplash one. What file of the theme do i have to modify?

Modify /boot/grub/themes/refit/theme.txt.

To change background image, find this:

class {
  screen {
    background = ",,#BFBFBF/blue"
  }
  ...
}

And change it to:

class {
  screen {
    background = "${theme_dir}/splash.png,,#BFBFBF/blue"
  }
  ...
}

You also need to copy splash.png to /boot/grub/themes/refit directory.

[bean123]

I changed the background and im trying to customize the theme, but i have trouble undertanding these lines. I cant find any documentation about BURG.

top_left = ",,#000000/cyan/blue,#0x250F:,,#000000/light-gray/blue,#0x2554"

Here is the document:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Burg

A panel has eight border image, top_left is the top left corner. This attribute is split into two parts, ",,#000000/cyan/blue,#0x250F" is for normal state, ",,#000000/light-gray/blue,#0x2554" is for selected state, #0x250F and #0x2554 is the unicode for single and double box char. and #000000/cyan/blue and #000000/light-gray/blue are color. It means use #000000 (black) in graphic mode, cyan/blue in text mode.

[Starks]

Yeah, it should work.

It should. But it doesn't.

E: /var/cache/apt/archives/grub-pc_1.98+burg.20100114-1~ppa6+lucid_i386.deb: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/grub-mkrescue', which is also in package grub-common 0

I've had to get around this bug for weeks by purging grub-common first.

Also, is folding only for refit?

[bean123]

It should. But it doesn't.

I've had to get around this bug for weeks by purging grub-common first.

This is caused by different packing method. BURG put grub-mkresuce in grub-pc, and GRUB put it in grub-common, so when upgrade from grub to burg, it would find conflicts. Anyway, I can move grub-mkresuce to grub-common in the next version.

Also, is folding only for refit?

Other theme can use folding as well, but some function is missing, like F7 hotkey to expand the full list. I will update them soon to have full folding support.

[_AstraL_]

BURG is really cool for me, but I have one problem left. It was discussed two or three pages back, but no one fixed it though. That's what I get with Sora (see attachment)
UPD: solved (yay!) by removing theme configs from /etc/grub.d/40_custom

[cecilpierce]

is BURG about the sane as 1.98~experimental.20100111.1-1 from debian ?
was wondering about horizontal lines when booting.
i had some problems with BURG so im trying the 1.98 experimental. thanks.

[libihero]

i followed the directions for burg and all i get is something similiar to the old GRUB, except the box where the operating systems are is blue

[MacUntu]

Can't I have a custom font AND a custom background with GRUB2? I can only get either one to work.

[bean123]

is BURG about the sane as 1.98~experimental.20100111.1-1 from debian ?
was wondering about horizontal lines when booting.
i had some problems with BURG so im trying the 1.98 experimental. thanks.

No, they're not the same, config file format are different. You can't use the menu config from grub experiment in BURG.

[bean123]

New package: 1.98+20100126-1

It changes file prefix to burg, so it can coexist with grub2. For example:

grub-install => burg-install
update-grub => update-burg
/boot/grub/grub.cfg => /boot/burg/burg.cfg
/etc/grub.d => /etc/burg.d
/etc/default/grub => /etc/default/burg

New feature for this version:

* New command ntldr and freedos, support loading of ntldr/grldr/bootmgr/kernel.sys directly.
* You can use q hotkey to go back to old grub menu.
* All themes support folding, although the popup list of sora doesn't look very good.

Here is the installation step for the new package:

1. Install program and themes

sudo apt-get install burg burg-themes

2. Use burg-install to install the new boot loader to MBR/BS.

2. Edit /etc/default/burg, uncomment the GRUB_THEME setting, you can also uncomment GRUB_FOLD to fold items.

3. Use update-burg to generate config file /boot/burg/burg.cfg

4. (Optional) Install burg-emu for live preview.