On Sat, 2008-09-06 at 20:28 -0500, Dale wrote: > Michael Sullivan wrote: > > Awhile back there was a thread about grub working but the menu not > > showing up, and in that thread there was a setting suggested, something > > like "vga=" or something like that. Can anyone refresh my memory as to > > the name of that thread or the setting to make the menu show up? > > > > > > > > > > Was it this exchange? > > Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:47:52 +0000 > dhk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Sebastian Günther wrote: > > > >> > > * Andrew Tchernoivanov ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [15.07.08 01:41]: > >> > >>> > >> Are the characters on the screen readable? I had this problem > >>> > >> too, along with the black grub screen. If they aren't - try adding > >>> > >> vga=0x31B to your grub.conf > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > > Why should that help with grub? Did not found any hint, that ther > >> > > is a grub option called like that. > >> > > > >> > > There is a *kernel* option, called like that, but that won't help > >> > > with the grub issue. > >> > > > >> > > Please correct me if I'm wrong. > >> > > > >> > > Sebastian > >> > > > >> > > > So what is the solution to making grub visible again? I remember > > > when it changed, I didn't understand the message displayed and I > > > still don't know the fix. > > > > > > Running emerge --config grub doesn't work. > > > > > > Is it as simple as changing the path of the splash image to > > > /usr/share/grub/ and running grub-install? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Dave > > > > > Just cp /usr/share/grub/splash.xpm.gz /boot/grub/ > > Or you could point to it in /usr, unless if you have /usr in lvm or > something else that grub wont be able to see > > > Dale > > :-) :-) > > > Miika >
Yeah that's it. Does the vga line go in the general section (with variables like splashimage), or does it go on the /kernel line?
