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    Grub 2 Won't Use My Theme

    I followed the guide to set up a theme on my Ubuntu 11.04 but i only get a basic looking GRUB screen. See attached picture

    Can anyone help please
    Thanks
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    Re: A Beginner's Guide to Theming GRUB2

    Quote Originally Posted by Tikabu View Post
    I followed the guide to set up a theme on my Ubuntu 11.04 but i only get a basic looking GRUB screen. See attached picture

    Can anyone help please
    Thanks
    When I've gotten a screen such as the one you mentioned it was because Grub 2 hadn't found the theme or there was something which prevented it from being used. When you run 'sudo update-grub' see if the terminal provides a message indicating it found the theme file.
    Last edited by drs305; September 19th, 2011 at 06:47 PM.
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    Re: A Beginner's Guide to Theming GRUB2

    I am sorry if i am not suppose to use this thread as support but i don’t know where else i can go.

    This is my out put when I run the sudo update-grub

    Code:
    Generating grub.cfg ...
    Found theme: /boot/grub/themes/ubuntu/theme.txt
    Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-11-generic
    Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-11-generic
    Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic
    Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic
    Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
    Found Windows NT/2000/XP on /dev/sda1
    done
    I don't see any error message
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    Re: A Beginner's Guide to Theming GRUB2

    Quote Originally Posted by Tikabu View Post
    I am sorry if i am not suppose to use this thread as support but i don’t know where else i can go.

    This is my out put when I run the sudo update-grub

    Code:
    Generating grub.cfg ...
    Found theme: /boot/grub/themes/ubuntu/theme.txt
    I don't see any error message
    Thanks
    That was the line I was referring to. Grub 2 is finding your theme so that is not the problem.

    As far as the support question, generally we prefer users start their own threads. Since I'm a moderator, if you wish I can move our posts to a new thread with a title such as "Grub 2 Won't Use My Theme" or something like that. Having your own thread will ensure the advice is specific to your situation and may be read more often than posts in this thread.

    Mod Note: New thread created.
    Last edited by drs305; September 19th, 2011 at 06:48 PM.
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    Re: A Beginner's Guide to Theming GRUB2

    As stated in the guide, if the gfxmenu theming engine does not find even one element of your theme or if there is some mistake in your theme definition file, it will display the text screen

    Can you post the contents of your theme.txt file?
    The Definitive Guide to Theming GRUB2 is here.

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    Re: Grub 2 Won't Use My Theme

    Here is my theme.txt

    Code:
    # GRUB2 gfxmenu Ubuntu Demo Theme
    # The Definitive Guide to Theming GRUB2,
    # using the ubuntu1 demo theme from http://www.gibibit.com
    # Designed for 640x480 resolution
    
    # Global Property
    title-text: "GRUB2 Demo Theme"
    title-font: "DejaVu Sans Regular 12"
    title-color: "B08458"
    #message-font: "DejaVu Sans Regular 12"
    #message-color: "#FFFFFF"
    #message-bg-color: "#020202"
    desktop-image: "desktop.png"
    desktop-color: "#000000"
    #terminal-box="terminal_*.png"
    #terminal-font="Fixed Regular 13"
    
    # Show the boot menu
    + boot_menu {
    left = 15%
    top = 37%
    width = 70%
    height = 42%
    item_font = "DejaVu Sans Bold 14"
    item_color = "#B08458"
    selected_item_color = "#FFFFFF"
    item_height = 32
    item_padding = 0
    item_spacing = 3
    }
    Thanks

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