Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] New GRUB Theme! And, progress reports anyone?
On Sunday, November 11, 2018 5:42:51 PM PST Thomas Pfundt wrote: > On 6 Nov 2018, 04:20, Erich Eickmeyer wrote: > > Let me know what you think! > > Hi Erich, sorry for my late reply. My main machine is still running on 16.04 > and I just managed to install 18.10 to test it. > > I like the GRUB theme. Way more fitting than the standard one. However, I > noticed a huge black overlay appearing before boot. I don't know if that's > normal or has to do with my GPU, but it was a bit irritating. > > As far as the Plymouth screen is concerned, that should be revisited, > definitely. On my widescreen display, the splash is completely broken > regarding the positions of the text/background and the logo. Others don't > look perfect either, but ours is by far the worst. > > I've looked at the script and could take a shot at it to see what can be > done, if noone's already working on it. I'm not a programmer, but I have > friends who should be able to help out if I run against a wall. Otherwise, > there's the option to just take another splash and replace the grapics, as > well. > > In the last meeting, I mentioned the possibilty of taking over social > duties. I've made a Mastodon account, but couldn't access the arts-server, > so I haven't contacted Eylul, yet. I'll just write her an e-mail anyway, as > the interface should be similar, I just couldn't login with my personal > account. > > As far as all other profiles are concerned, I can take care of those as > well, if I get the login data. Do I need to join a Launchpad group or have > I missed something? > > Best regards, > Thomas Hi Thomas, Sorry I'm so late to get back. I'd appreciate the work on the Plymouth theme. It's long overdue for a refresh in my opinion. As far as the black overlay, that's not a bug, but a "feature" of grub so that it can display its own console prior to loading the initrd. Annoying, but it's something that happens any time there's a graphical grub theme. I looked into it, and I couldn't find any way to prevent it. openSUSE has a similar graphical boot menu grub theme, and it does the exact same thing, except it displays something along the lines of "Loading..." which is something that would have to be written into the main grub script. But, it's there for such a short amount of time that I don't think we need to worry about it. Ubuntu MATE does the same thing (from where our theme was forked). Anyhow, great to hear that you tested it. I'll ping someone for sponsorship to get this bad boy into Universe. Erich signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] New GRUB Theme! And, progress reports anyone?
On 6 Nov 2018, 04:20, Erich Eickmeyer wrote: > Let me know what you think! Hi Erich, sorry for my late reply. My main machine is still running on 16.04 and I just managed to install 18.10 to test it. I like the GRUB theme. Way more fitting than the standard one. However, I noticed a huge black overlay appearing before boot. I don't know if that's normal or has to do with my GPU, but it was a bit irritating. As far as the Plymouth screen is concerned, that should be revisited, definitely. On my widescreen display, the splash is completely broken regarding the positions of the text/background and the logo. Others don't look perfect either, but ours is by far the worst. I've looked at the script and could take a shot at it to see what can be done, if noone's already working on it. I'm not a programmer, but I have friends who should be able to help out if I run against a wall. Otherwise, there's the option to just take another splash and replace the grapics, as well. In the last meeting, I mentioned the possibilty of taking over social duties. I've made a Mastodon account, but couldn't access the arts-server, so I haven't contacted Eylul, yet. I'll just write her an e-mail anyway, as the interface should be similar, I just couldn't login with my personal account. As far as all other profiles are concerned, I can take care of those as well, if I get the login data. Do I need to join a Launchpad group or have I missed something? Best regards, Thomas-- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] New GRUB Theme! And, progress reports anyone?
On 6 Nov 2018, 04:20, Erich Eickmeyer wrote: > Let me know what you think! Hi Erich, sorry for my late reply. My main machine is still running on 16.04 and I just managed to install 18.10 to test it. I like the GRUB theme. Way more fitting than the standard one. However, I noticed a huge black overlay appearing before boot. I don't know if that's normal or has to do with my GPU, but it was a bit irritating. As far as the Plymouth screen is concerned, that should be revisited, definitely. I've attached a small image of what I would see on my widescreen display, had I activated the splash. Others don't look perfect either, but ours is by far the worst. I've looked at the script and could take a shot at it to see what can be done, if noone's already working on it. I'm not a programmer, but I have friends who should be able to help out if I run against a wall. Otherwise, there's the option to just take another splash and replace the grapics, as well. In the last meeting, I mentioned the possibilty of taking over social duties. I've made a Mastodon account, but couldn't access the arts-server, so I haven't contacted Eylul, yet. I'll just write her an e-mail anyway, as the interface should be similar, I just couldn't login with my personal account. As far as all other profiles are concerned, I can take care of those as well, if I get the login data. Do I need to join a Launchpad group or have I missed something? Best regards, Thomas-- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] New GRUB Theme! And, progress reports anyone?
On 6 Nov 2018, 04:20, Erich Eichmeyer wrote: > Let me know what you think! Hi Erich, sorry for my late reply. My main machine is still running on 16.04 and I just managed to install 18.10 to test it. I like the GRUB theme. Way more fitting than the standard one. However, I noticed a huge black overlay appearing before boot. I don't know if that's normal or has to do with my GPU, but it was a bit irritating. As far as the Plymouth screen is concerned, that should be revisited, definitely. I've attached a small image of what I would see on my widescreen display, had I activated the splash. Others don't look perfect either, but ours is by far the worst. I've looked at the script and could take a shot at it to see what can be done, if noone's already working on it. I'm not a programmer, but I have friends who should be able to help out if I run against a wall. Otherwise, there's the option to take another splash and replace the grapics, as well. In the last meeting, I mentioned the possibilty of taking over social duties. I've made a Mastodon account, but-- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] New GRUB Theme! And, progress reports anyone?
On 11/6/18 4:20 AM, er...@ericheickmeyer.com wrote: > Hi all, > Anyhow, looks like the new GRUB theme, if it works well, would be my > first major package contribution to Ubuntu! Kinda nice to be able to > come up with something like that just after being made an official > Ubuntu member! Congratulations! I was lurking on IRC for the Membership Board meeting. But you didn't need any support. > While we're at it, would anybody be able to tell me what they're > working on? I know that Len had been working on refining -controls and > bringing WACOM configuration to it as well. I also know Ross has been > working on getting our seed converted to GIT. I have no idea what > anybody else has been working on. > > I, for one, have been working on getting Carla into Ubuntu, and I'm > working with FalkTX on getting the WINE bridges to compile, which has > been a pain. The seeds are waiting for a sponsor. I made a mistake and the sponsor asked me to fix it - which I have. My next task will be to continue working on an update to calf-plugins in Debian. I am in the process of building a new PC so I can play with more things (e.g. grub) without worrying about breaking my working machine. Then I will start looking at your work towards desktop agnostics. Ross -- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
