[SLUG] Modifying GRUB to remove graphics
Grub experts please. :-)
I've just installed SuSE 9.1 on my work desktop dual booting with XP
across two ATA drives.
Unfortunately, for some reason, LILO didn't like this configuration
{windows booting off drive 1, Linux booting of a partition on drive 2},
so I had to install GRUB instead.
I don't know how to edit GRUB's configuration files without breaking
anything, and I want to remove the damn fscking annoying blue screen
SuSE puts around VC1 - I believe it's done through GRUB, but I'm buggered
if I know how to get rid of it.
Can someone apply the cluestick, please?
DaZZa
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Re: [SLUG] Modifying GRUB to remove graphics
i think you are talking about editing menu.lst which is probably going to
reside someplace like /boot/grub/menu.lst
then you'll want to add a line like:
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
where splash.xpm.gz is the image you want to load, or alternatively comment
the line out if you want to get rid of the image, this just gives you a plain
text boot screen.
regards, brett
On Thursday 11 November 2004 09:05, DaZZa wrote:
Grub experts please. :-)
I've just installed SuSE 9.1 on my work desktop dual booting with XP
across two ATA drives.
Unfortunately, for some reason, LILO didn't like this configuration
{windows booting off drive 1, Linux booting of a partition on drive 2},
so I had to install GRUB instead.
I don't know how to edit GRUB's configuration files without breaking
anything, and I want to remove the damn fscking annoying blue screen
SuSE puts around VC1 - I believe it's done through GRUB, but I'm buggered
if I know how to get rid of it.
Can someone apply the cluestick, please?
DaZZa
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Re: [SLUG] Modifying GRUB to remove graphics
On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Brett Fenton wrote: i think you are talking about editing menu.lst which is probably going to reside someplace like /boot/grub/menu.lst then you'll want to add a line like: splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz where splash.xpm.gz is the image you want to load, or alternatively comment the line out if you want to get rid of the image, this just gives you a plain text boot screen. Do you need to run grub to re-read the config file like you do LILO, or is GRUB smart enough to just read the config without it? DaZZa -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Modifying GRUB to remove graphics
no grub is smart enough to handle the changes, just reboot ... regards, brett On Thursday 11 November 2004 09:18, DaZZa wrote: On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Brett Fenton wrote: i think you are talking about editing menu.lst which is probably going to reside someplace like /boot/grub/menu.lst then you'll want to add a line like: splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz where splash.xpm.gz is the image you want to load, or alternatively comment the line out if you want to get rid of the image, this just gives you a plain text boot screen. Do you need to run grub to re-read the config file like you do LILO, or is GRUB smart enough to just read the config without it? DaZZa -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Modifying GRUB to remove graphics
On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 09:05 +1100, DaZZa wrote: I don't know how to edit GRUB's configuration files without breaking anything, and I want to remove the damn fscking annoying blue screen SuSE puts around VC1 - I believe it's done through GRUB, but I'm buggered if I know how to get rid of it. Are you talking about how the screen once you've booted up is all blue with that massive space wasting border around it? It would appear that there is some sort of Bootsplash rubbish compiled into their kernels by default. To disable that you have to disable framebuffer for your console in grub. In /boot/grub/menu.list, look for a vga=... type kernel boot parameter and remove it. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Modifying GRUB to remove graphics
On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, David Gillies wrote:
On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 09:05 +1100, DaZZa wrote:
I don't know how to edit GRUB's configuration files without breaking
anything, and I want to remove the damn fscking annoying blue screen
SuSE puts around VC1 - I believe it's done through GRUB, but I'm buggered
if I know how to get rid of it.
Are you talking about how the screen once you've booted up is all blue
with that massive space wasting border around it? It would appear that
there is some sort of Bootsplash rubbish compiled into their kernels by
default. To disable that you have to disable framebuffer for your
console in grub.
That's what I'm talking about, yes. Annoys the hell out of me.
In /boot/grub/menu.list, look for a vga=... type kernel boot parameter
and remove it.
Nope - I left the vga= in GRUB, and found somewhere else to turn it off.
:-) The vga=0x31 or whatever it set mine to by default is nice - sets the
vga to 132 column, 50 line mode {I think}.
There's an option in YAST to disable the themes - and I think that was
what did it. I also turned off the splash screen {the Hit F2 for details}
while I was at it.
Goddamned things that have to look like WindoZe! :-)
DaZZa
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