On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Michael Sullivan
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-09-06 at 20:28 -0500, Dale wrote:
>> Michael Sullivan wrote:
>> > Awhile back there was a thread about grub working but the menu not
>> > showing up, and in that thread there was a setting suggested, something
>> > like "vga=" or something like that. Can anyone refresh my memory as to
>> > the name of that thread or the setting to make the menu show up?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Was it this exchange?
>>
>> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:47:52 +0000
>> dhk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> > > Sebastian Günther wrote:
>> >
>> >> > > * Andrew Tchernoivanov ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [15.07.08 01:41]:
>> >>
>> >>> > >> Are the characters on the screen readable? I had this problem
>> >>> > >> too, along with the black grub screen. If they aren't - try adding
>> >>> > >> vga=0x31B to your grub.conf
>> >>> > >>
>> >>>
>> >> > > Why should that help with grub? Did not found any hint, that ther
>> >> > > is a grub option called like that.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > There is a *kernel* option, called like that, but that won't help
>> >> > > with the grub issue.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Please correct me if I'm wrong.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Sebastian
>> >> > >
>> >>
>> > > So what is the solution to making grub visible again? I remember
>> > > when it changed, I didn't understand the message displayed and I
>> > > still don't know the fix.
>> > >
>> > > Running emerge --config grub doesn't work.
>> > >
>> > > Is it as simple as changing the path of the splash image to
>> > > /usr/share/grub/ and running grub-install?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > > Dave
>> >
>>
>>
>> Just cp /usr/share/grub/splash.xpm.gz /boot/grub/
>>
>> Or you could point to it in /usr, unless if you have /usr in lvm or
>> something else that grub wont be able to see
>>
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> :-) :-)
>>
>>
>> Miika
>>
>
> Yeah that's it. Does the vga line go in the general section (with variables
> like splashimage), or does it go on the /kernel line?
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