How to change the back ground on GRUB

[cj]

Rick Knight wrote:
> cj wrote:
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>> John DeCarlo wrote:
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>>> On 8/5/07, *cj* <debiani386 at gmail.com <mailto:debiani386 at gmail.com>> 
>>> wrote:
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>>>     ive seen it done before, they just didnt provide much of any
>>>     instruction
>>>     as to how.
>>>
>>>
>>> If you mean the background color, the color command in 
>>> /boot/grub/menu.lst sets that.
>>>
>>> color cyan/blue white/blue
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own 
>>>     
>>>       
>> I saw on this website 
>> (http://linux.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/GNU-GRUB-Screenshot-1092.html) 
>> where they had different background images. im just wondering if i add a 
>> background image.
>>
>> Also, can i change the font color? (Maybe from white to red?)
>> --cj
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>>     
> Yes, you can do this, or at least you could a couple of years ago. I 
> helped with a howto on this 3 or 4 years ago. In a nut shell ...
>
> Select your image and convert it into the proper format with convert.
> Grub wants a 640x480 14 color image (yes 14 color), so '$ convert 
> -resize 640x480 -colors 14 your_image.png your_splash.xpm'. Now use gzip 
> to compress the image '$ gzip your_splash.xpm'. This will leave you with 
> a new compressed image file, your_splash.xpm.gz. Move this file to a 
> location grub can see, '$ sudo cp your_splash.xpm.gz /boot/grub/images' 
> (I prefer /boot/grub/images, but you'll have to create that first).
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> Now add this to your grub menu file. Do this as root (sudo). I use 
> MidnightCommander, but you can use whatever editor you like
>
> $ 'sudo mcedit /boot/grub/menu.lst'
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> and add..
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> # Splash image
> splashimage (hd0,1)/grub/images/your_splash.xpm.gz
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> (you may also want to edit this line to get better colors)
> # Pretty colours
> color cyan/blue white/blue
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> In the "splashimage" line, if you have 'root=' configured you can use
> splashimage /boot/grub/images/your_splash.xpm.gz
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> Otherwise, (hd0,1) comes from 'root=' in your linux boot stanza in menu.lst.
>
> As I said, this worked 3 or 4 years ago. I have a new flat panel display 
> that only supports color depth 24. The grub splash does not work for me 
> anymore, so your mileage will vary.
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ya i figured out how to get a back ground image. thank you all for the help
i used those very same commands and it worked just perfectly
--cj
> Good luck and if you get it to work, report back here.
>
> Rick Knight
>
> btw The remnants of the original are floating around the net. Google 
> "grub splash rick knight" and it will turn up.
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