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At Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:28:39 -0500 Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Sat, 2008-09-06 at 20:28 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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>> Michael Sullivan wrote: |
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>> > Awhile back there was a thread about grub working but the menu not |
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>> > showing up, and in that thread there was a setting suggested, something |
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>> > like "vga=" or something like that. Can anyone refresh my memory as to |
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>> > the name of that thread or the setting to make the menu show up? |
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>> Was it this exchange? |
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>> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:47:52 +0000 |
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>> dhk <dhkuhl@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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>> > > Sebastian Günther wrote: |
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>> >> > > * Andrew Tchernoivanov (tchernoivanov@×××××.com) [15.07.08 01:41]: |
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>> >>> > >> Are the characters on the screen readable? I had this problem |
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>> >>> > >> too, along with the black grub screen. If they aren't - try adding |
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>> >>> > >> vga=0x31B to your grub.conf |
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>> >>> > >> |
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>> >>> |
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>> >> > > Why should that help with grub? Did not found any hint, that ther |
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>> >> > > is a grub option called like that. |
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>> >> > > |
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>> >> > > There is a *kernel* option, called like that, but that won't help |
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>> >> > > with the grub issue. |
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>> >> > > |
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>> >> > > Please correct me if I'm wrong. |
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>> >> > > |
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>> >> > > Sebastian |
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>> >> > > |
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>> > > So what is the solution to making grub visible again? I remember |
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>> > > when it changed, I didn't understand the message displayed and I |
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>> > > still don't know the fix. |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Running emerge --config grub doesn't work. |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Is it as simple as changing the path of the splash image to |
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>> > > /usr/share/grub/ and running grub-install? |
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>> > > |
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>> > > Thanks, |
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>> > > Dave |
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>> Just cp /usr/share/grub/splash.xpm.gz /boot/grub/ |
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>> Or you could point to it in /usr, unless if you have /usr in lvm or |
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>> something else that grub wont be able to see |
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> Yeah that's it. Does the vga line go in the general section (with |
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> variables like splashimage), or does it go on the /kernel line? |
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You don't need a vga line to fix the problem. Just make sure that the |
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splash.xpm.gz file is where /boot/grub/grub.conf says it is. |
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Either change grub.conf, or cp the file, or make a symlink, ... |
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hth, |
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allan |
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