Grub 2 Won't Use My Theme

[Tikabu]

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

[drs305]

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.

[Tikabu]

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

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
Thanks

[drs305]

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

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.

[towheedm]

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?

[Tikabu]

Here is my theme.txt

# 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

[towheedm]

Line #9 should be:

title-color: "#B08458"

You left out the '#' before the color value.

If that does not help, please post the output from:

ls -l /boot/grub/{themes/ubuntu1,fonts}

Finally, did you create your own fonts or did you use the ones from the .tar.gz file you downloaded?

NOTE: Natty uses GRUB 1.99. I have not tested with 1.99. If you find any discrepencies with 1.99, I'dd appreciate a PM, thanks. My next re-write will surely include 1.99 and most likely whatever stable release is out at that time. I'm presently working on an in-depth tutorial for theming metacity.

[Tikabu]

I fixed the missing '#' but now when i reboot i just get a black screen. I don't get any selection for the os i want to boot into.

Thanks

[towheedm]

I'm assuming you can boot the default menu item. Please post the output from:

ls -l /boot/grub/{themes/ubuntu,fonts}

Looking at the screenshot in your first post, I'm seeing the second menu item 'Previous Linux versions'. Is this an entry you added manually or are you chainloading GRUB2 from GRUB legacy?

[Tikabu]

Here is the out put you were requesting

/boot/grub/fonts:
total 92
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 81350 2011-09-18 13:36 7x13.pf2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3206 2011-09-19 01:25 dejavu-sans-10.pf2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3471 2011-09-19 01:25 dejavu-sans-12.pf2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3792 2011-09-19 01:25 dejavu-sans-bold-14.pf2

/boot/grub/themes/ubuntu:
total 68
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    25 2011-09-18 14:02 7x13.pf2 -> /boot/grub/fonts/7x13.pf2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    35 2011-09-18 14:01 dejavu-sans-10.pf2 -> /boot/grub/fonts/dejavu-sans-10.pf2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    35 2011-09-18 14:01 dejavu-sans-12.pf2 -> /boot/grub/fonts/dejavu-sans-12.pf2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    40 2011-09-18 22:17 dejavu-sans-bold-14.pf2 -> /boot/grub/fonts/dejavu-sans-bold-14.pf2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25467 2011-09-18 01:33 desktop.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2487 2011-09-18 01:33 terminal_c.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1212 2011-09-18 01:33 terminal_e.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1537 2011-09-18 01:33 terminal_ne.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   485 2011-09-18 01:33 terminal_n.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1293 2011-09-18 01:33 terminal_nw.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2447 2011-09-18 01:33 terminal_se.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   687 2011-09-18 01:33 terminal_s.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2465 2011-09-18 01:33 terminal_sw.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1078 2011-09-18 01:33 terminal_w.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   713 2011-09-23 19:18 theme.txt.back

I did not add 'Previous Linux Version' to the menu it just showed up. Also it is a fresh load of the Ubuntu 11.04 as far as i understand it comes with GRUB2 and not GRUB legacy. Therefor it should not be chainloading but i could be wrong this is my first attempt to customize GRUB.

Thanks