On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 01:59:10AM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 09:03:15AM -0500, Luis Felipe López Acevedo wrote: > > > > > > This time they need a theme for grub. > > > > > > You should find on this website all the information: > > > > > > > > > http://grub.gibibit.com/ > > > > > > > > > If you need more info, feel free to ask. > > > > > > > I'll read the docs. > > There's a package with example themes, it might be useful to use as > reference: > > http://grub.gibibit.com/files/overlay_2009-07-19.tar.gz > > Be careful though, it includes many non-free fonts/images, which we can't > use. For now the only font that is available is fixed-size Unifont, it is > provided with the GRUB packages. Images need to be made from scratch but > I assume this is no problem to a skilled artist like you :-) > > As for a version of GRUB that supports this theme interface, we're working > on that. It'll soon be available for the i386/amd64 version of gNewSense > metad.
Perhaps it'd be better if we add a simple background (like Debian currently has) for now. New theme support is a lot of work (both artist work and technical work), and it could delay the metad release if we wait for it :-/ A GRUB background is rather simple: just a 24-bit 640x480 PNG and a choice of foreground/background font color (16-color palette). The only caveat is it has to look well when overlaying GRUB's menu on top. See for example: http://oskuro.net/blogpics/grub2-pretty-menu.png -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."
