HOWTO: Grub splash images.

[brian g]

well.. i installed grubconf since my last post.
i unchecked hidden menu and rebooted.
i saw the image for a second +/- with what appeared to be a menu over the top of it.
then it went on to loading the kernal and such normaly with the text scrolling by and whatnot.
is that all this is supposed to do?
I thought it might be more like windows where it shows an image untill the shell loads.

edit-[thank you for the help. after reading the grubconf manual i understand everything much better.]

[Tiede]

Originally Posted by brian g well.. i installed grubconf since my last post. i unchecked hidden menu and rebooted. i saw the image for a second +/- with what appeared to be a menu over the top of it. then it went on to loading the kernal and such normaly with the text scrolling by and whatnot. is that all this is supposed to do? I thought it might be more like windows where it shows an image untill the shell loads. edit-[thank you for the help. after reading the grubconf manual i understand everything much better.]

This is what hapenned to me to. It is in the upper left corner for ~0.5 seconds and then it goes right back to loading with tests scrolling down the screen... In my understanding, the splsh image is supposed to hide those messages and stay 'til GDM starts... Why is it not working that way?
I use a Intel Pentium II (Deschutes) computer... Is this relevant?

[Cl1mh4224rd]

The title should probably say "menu backgrounds" instead of "splash images". I have yet to try this, and I'm a Linux newbie, but if what I think is the case, then the former phrase is a bit more intuitive.

The important thing to remember is that this is just a background. As the OP says, "This guide will tell you how to get a nice background image while in Grub." Once you make a choice from the menu, GRUB's done, so no hiding of the initialization text.

[brian g]

Originally Posted by Tiede This is what hapenned to me to. It is in the upper left corner for ~0.5 seconds and then it goes right back to loading with tests scrolling down the screen... In my understanding, the splsh image is supposed to hide those messages and stay 'til GDM starts... Why is it not working that way? I use a Intel Pentium II (Deschutes) computer... Is this relevant?

i believe what we thought this was is what splashy will do for us.

[jerrykenny]

If anyone gets black n white garbage with Grub splashimages, . . . . . what worked for me was to gunzip the file (xpm or whatever) and tell grub to display the splashimage.xpm (instaead of splashimage.xpm.gz)

I know it shouldnt make any odds, but on my system it DOES ! so worth a try.

[towsonu2003]

Originally Posted by bored2k Nice. You could get some other nice grub images here

for windows users trying to switch to linux, the above link resulted in the following message from McAfee:
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Exploit-MhtRedir.gen
Script execution blocked

[jesseman]

its how one goes about getting around those nasty popup blockers ... how sad

[Aliby]

The first time I installed Kubuntu Breezy I was rather taken by the Usplash screen. So I simply copied it and created what I call the Black-Crystal splash screen I use with Grub.
(I tried moving the logo to the bottom of the screen to see if it looked better with the menu above? )
It keeps the theme consistant with the rest of the loading process and I think it looks great
Get them here:
http://myweb.absa.co.za/avbaty/kubun...crystal.tar.gz
http://myweb.absa.co.za/avbaty/kubun...rystal0.tar.gz

[Aliby]

I have the same question?
It seems so achieveable, but so far no progress!
Is it to do with default and specific settings?
Looking forward to some response

[ronmarley1]

Nice HowTo!
Thanks