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GRUB SplashImage Problems

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GRUB SplashImage Problems

#1 Post by johndingdongdoe »

So I am using Debian Stretch and I've modified the file in "/etc/default/grub" by adding 'GRUB_BACKGROUND="home/user/Pictures/background.jpg"' and then inputting the command "sudo update-grub" and I receive the output:

Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-3-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-3-amd64
Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration
done

With this output, it does not notify me of a background image update. I would then reboot and see that my splashimage is just black. Am I doing something wrong? The "background.jpg" is not black by the way.

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#2 Post by sunrat »

Check the wiki. https://wiki.debian.org/Grub/SplashImage
It appears you need TGA image, not jpg.
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Check your configuration against these procedures
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 ... ash_Images
sunrat wrote:It appears you need TGA image, not jpg.
Other formats are supported as well.

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orythem27 wrote:Check your configuration against these procedures
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 ... ash_Images
sunrat wrote:It appears you need TGA image, not jpg.
Other formats are supported as well.
Hmmm, ok. I guess either the Debian wiki is wrong, or Ubuntu's GRUB is different.
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#5 Post by orythem27 »

sunrat wrote:I guess either the Debian wiki is wrong, or Ubuntu's GRUB is different.

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# update-grub 2>&1 | grep background
Found background image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png

$ readlink -f /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png | xargs file
/usr/share/desktop-base/softwaves-theme/grub/grub-16x9.png: PNG image data, 1920 x 1080, 8-bit/color RGB, non-interlaced

$ dpkg -l grub-efi-amd64 | tail -n1 | awk '{ print $3 }'
2.02~beta3-5

$ cat /etc/issue
Debian GNU/Linux 9 \n \l

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