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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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>> > > 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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>> > > 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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>> > > Please correct me if I'm wrong. |
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>> > > Sebastian |
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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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> > Running emerge --config grub doesn't work. |
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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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> > 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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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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Miika |
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