• View topic - How to revert GRUB, bootsplash etc to initial settings

by **don_crissti** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:34 pm

oliver,

Please post the output of the following commands:

Code: Select all: rpm -qa | grep bootsplash

Code: Select all: rpm -qa | grep pclinuxos

Code: Select all: cat /boot/grub/menu.lst | grep splash

by **oliver** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:09 pm

Thanks Don,
Bit late now on this side of the big pond and box is in my office, but will post output tomorrow morning.
Much appreciate the help

by **don_crissti** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:11 pm

Bit late now on this side of the big pond

OK, see you tomorrow...

by **oliver** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:57 am

Good morning Don
Here's the requested output:

Code: Select all: [oliver@localhost ~]$ su - Wachtwoord: [root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep bootsplash bootsplash-3.2.9-1pclos2007 [root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep pclinuxos pclinuxos-theme-1.1.8-2pclos2007 pclinuxos-release-2007-1pclos2007 pclinuxos-menu-messages-2007-4pclos2007 rpm-pclinuxos-setup-1.29-6pclos2007 pclinuxos-gfxboot-theme-0.4-3pclos2007 pclinuxos-mime-0.4-14pclos2007 pclinuxos-theme-screensaver-1.1.6-4pclos2007 [root@localhost ~]# cat /boot/grub/menu.lst | grep splash kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=PClinuxOS_Gnome_Zen2008.0mini root=/dev/hda6 acpi=on resume=/dev/hda5 mem=1270M splash=silent vga=788 kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=/dev/hda6 acpi=on resume=/dev/hda5 mem=1270M splash=silent kernel (hd0,6)/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=PuppyLinux pmedia=idehd splash=silent kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=/dev/hda6 acpi=on resume=/dev/hda5 mem=1270M splash=silent vga=788 kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26.8.tex3 BOOT_IMAGE=PCLOSzen_kernel_2.6.26.8.tex3 root=/dev/hda6 acpi=on resume=/dev/hda5 mem=1270M splash=silent vga=788 [root@localhost ~]#

Thanks again

[edit]
Forgot to mention : bootsplash (the new pclinuxos one, very nice, would like to have it back) disappeared from the moment I rebooted with new kernel.

by **don_crissti** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:22 am

Your menu.lst looks kinda weird to me...
Did you edit these entries to look like that:

Code: Select all: BOOT_IMAGE=PClinuxOS_Gnome_Zen2008.0mini BOOT_IMAGE=PCLOSzen_kernel_2.6.26.8.tex3

Also, mem=1270M... did you add that ?

by **oliver** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:31 am

Hi Don,

Yes, edited myself, in order to recognize grub menu items, same for mem=1270 as only about 860mb was recognized and have two slots, one with 1024 and one with 256 so should in fact be mem=1280 :mrgreen:

by **don_crissti** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:34 am

Please post the whole content of /boot/grub/menu.lst

by **oliver** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:10 am

Code: Select all: [oliver@localhost ~]$ cat /boot/grub/menu.lst timeout 10 color black/cyan yellow/cyan gfxmenu (hd0,5)/usr/share/gfxboot/themes/pclinuxos/boot/message default 7 title PClinuxOS Gnome Zen2008.0mini kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=PClinuxOS_Gnome_Zen2008.0mini root=/dev/hda6 acpi=on resume=/dev/hda5 mem=1270M splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd.img title linux-nonfb kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=/dev/hda6 acpi=on resume=/dev/hda5 mem=1270M splash=silent initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd.img title failsafe kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=/dev/hda6 failsafe acpi=on resume=/dev/hda5 initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd.img title RecoveryWindows root (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 title WindowsXP root (hd0,1) makeactive chainloader +1 title PuppyLinux kernel (hd0,6)/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=PuppyLinux pmedia=idehd splash=silent initrd (hd0,6)/initrd.gz title linux kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=/dev/hda6 acpi=on resume=/dev/hda5 mem=1270M splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd.img title PCLOSzen kernel 2.6.26.8.tex3 kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26.8.tex3 BOOT_IMAGE=PCLOSzen_kernel_2.6.26.8.tex3 root=/dev/hda6 acpi=on resume=/dev/hda5 mem=1270M splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd-2.6.26.8.tex3.img [oliver@localhost ~]$

by **don_crissti** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:00 am

You could edit your last entry like this:

Code: Select all: title zen-2.6.26.8.tex3 kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26.8.tex3 BOOT_IMAGE=zen-2.6.26.8.tex3 root=/dev/hda6 acpi=on resume=/dev/hda5 mem=1270M splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd-2.6.26.8.tex3.img

so that the Title matches the BOOT_IMAGE (I don't think that's the cause but...)
Also, open PCC > Boot and check your bootsplash options there.

by **sonic** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:42 pm

Hi all. I lost pclos-gnome-gfxboot-theme after:
su -c 'rpm -Uvh *.rpm' and reboot
for PCLOS gnome users.

I tried to set up the boot graphical theme of the system in Control Center but no success.
There is something like:
An error occurred while loading file:///usr/share/gfxboot/themes/current:
The file or folder /usr/share/gfxboot/themes/current does not exist.

I have installed the pclos-gnome-gfxboot-theme..

Can I get it back somehow?

thanx

by **slick50** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:07 pm

If this is a upgrade you will have to do this twice after that it will work normal again.
pcc > Set up the boot graphical themes of the System > graphical boot mode "silent" Apply the theme

You will have to reboot and again in the pcc > Set up the boot graphical themes of the System > graphical boot mode "silent" Apply the theme again.
Then you should see the bootsplash for pclos-gnome.

Make sure it is set to "silent"
Try that and see if it comes up!

by **sonic** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:51 pm

Thanx slick50 bootsplash is ok now but my GRUB is still KDE looking.
How can I revert it to GNOME?

sonic

by **siamer** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:58 pm

sonic maybe as a root in terminal try

grub-gfxmenu --update-theme

and this

grub-gfxmenu --update-gfxmenu

by **raveyd** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:11 am

Try adding the kernel option "edd=off" at boot. It's a fix I found when using openSUSE. Apparently it removes some confusion related with external USB hard discs.