Howto : GfxBoot ( Grub like suse )

[Footissimo]

Another GFXboot theme - this time to go with the blue usplash theme here by SilentCacophony. It's a very basic black background with the glowy logo and lettering from the usplash image. If anyone likes it, I can do the other colours.

[Sandsound]

This is SO cool

Thanks for a great HowTo

[Jolly Roger]

I have been trying to get this tutorial to work for me for a while now. I've done and redone each step of the tutorial many times. The only thing I think that I may be doing wrong is putting the line "gfxmenu /boot/grub/message.blusplash" in the wrong place in my menu.lst file. Here's my file so hopefully someone can help me out:

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/hdc1 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,0)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(recovery mode) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## ## End Default Options ##

gfxmenu /boot/grub/message.blusplash

timeout 20

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-26-386
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-386 root=/dev/hdc1 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-26-386
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-26-386 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-386 root=/dev/hdc1 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-26-386
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-25-386
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-25-386 root=/dev/hdc1 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-25-386
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-25-386 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-25-386 root=/dev/hdc1 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-25-386
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-23-386
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-23-386 root=/dev/hdc1 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-23-386
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-23-386 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-23-386 root=/dev/hdc1 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-23-386
boot

title Memtest86+
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
boot

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd1,0)
savedefault
makeactive
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1

[BuffaloX]

Seems OK
of course you need to have the message.blusplash file in /boot/grub

My menu.lst has a line:

Default 0

Before the timeout line.
I have no idea if this means anything...

[Jolly Roger]

I do have message.blusplash in my /boot/grub directory. Thanks for trying to help. Anyone else got any ideas?

[BuffaloX]

Oh you changed your post..
I have the line

gfxmenu /boot/grub/message.mysplash

as the very first line.
then default 0
then timeout 10
...

[Jolly Roger]

Well I did have gfxmenu /boot/grub/message.blusplash as the very first line when I originally posted it. But I moved it to after the commented section to see if it would make the splash work, but it didn't. I editted my post though because that is how my current menu.lst is. Having it as the first line or in it's current position made no difference for me.

[BuffaloX]

Having it as first line works.
So it must be something else.

[rogeriovinhal]

Any amd64 packages for it?
Or the source, so I can do it myself?

Nevermind, just found it here:
http://kanotix.com/files/debian/pool...97-7_amd64.deb

[Jench]

Jolly Roger > have you tried with this (thx to scenestar) because it works for me.

And if i'm not wrong it would be : sudo grub-install /dev/hdc1 for you.
I hope it would help.