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    Grub2 background image - 05_debian_theme changes?

    I was wondering about adding a background image to Grub 2 in Lucid.
    The format of the /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme has changed. The place on line 16 where you used to add the background image has changed format and moved to line 26?

    for i in /boot/grub/`basename ${WALLPAPER}` ${WALLPAPER} ; do

    Is there new advice anywhere for theming Grub2?
    Last edited by BrokeMahPC; April 6th, 2010 at 02:34 PM. Reason: spelling error
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    Re: Grub2 background image - 05_debian_theme changes?

    Should be sufficient to update the line:
    Code:
    WALLPAPER="/usr/share/images/desktop-base/moreblue-orbit-grub.png"
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    Re: Grub2 background image - 05_debian_theme changes?

    Thank you MacUntu!
    I wondered about that but could not believe it was that simple. I moved a picture of the plymouth splash to: /usr/share/images/desktop-base
    with code: gksu nautilus

    (from reading it's probably best if your picture size in pixels matches the grub resolution?)

    Then
    code:
    gksu gedit /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme

    edit line 10:
    WALLPAPER="/usr/share/images/desktop-base/moreblue-orbit-grub.png"
    to:
    WALLPAPER="/usr/share/images/desktop-base/plymouthsplash.png"

    if you use a dark picture you need white text so also edit line 11:
    COLOR_NORMAL="black/black"
    to:
    COLOR_NORMAL="white/black"

    then code: sudo update-grub

    all done - I have a nice aubergine Ubuntu Grub splash with white text.
    Last edited by BrokeMahPC; April 6th, 2010 at 02:36 PM.
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