Displaying boot messages on top of my boot image

Hi,

OS = Grub2 / Ubuntu Lucid 10.04

I want to have all the default boot messages scrolling on my screen on top of my background image.

I have setup grub2 to display in 1920x1080x24bit, and have my image 1_grub_background.png (1920x1080x24bit) displaying properly.

With the 'set gfxpayload=keep' in my grub.cfg file the resolution and background persist until just before the login window loads, however no boot messages are displayed until right before the login window gets loaded BUT not over my background image. The X11 or nvidia drivers kick in and take over from the framebuffer and that is when I see a few messages.

I have removed 'quiet splash' altogether from the grub config, but this does nothing.

The only way I can get all the default messages scrolling is to remove the gfxpayload=keep line - but then the background image disappears straight away and the text scrolling is in 1280x1024 resolution not 1920x1080.

What I have seen in the past and examples online is the grub boot background image persisted and the boot messages scroll over this image. This is what I want to do but for the life of me cannot work out how to do it.

my grub.cfg below:

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
  set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then
    saved_entry=${chosen}
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}

function recordfail {
  set recordfail=1
  if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 967ebf9f-0031-4cbf-bab1-95fd2d0dba4e
if loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/myfont.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=1920x1080x24
set gfxpayload=keep
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod vbe
  if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
    # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
    # understand terminal_output
    terminal gfxterm
  fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 967ebf9f-0031-4cbf-bab1-95fd2d0dba4e
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then
  set timeout=-1
else
  set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 967ebf9f-0031-4cbf-bab1-95fd2d0dba4e
insmod png
if background_image /usr/share/backgrounds/1_grub_image.png ; then
  set color_normal=white/black
  set color_highlight=red/black
else
  set menu_color_normal=white/black
  set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,5)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 967ebf9f-0031-4cbf-bab1-95fd2d0dba4e
    linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=967ebf9f-0031-4cbf-bab1-95fd2d0dba4e ro
    initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,5)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 967ebf9f-0031-4cbf-bab1-95fd2d0dba4e
    echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-24-generic ...'
    linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=967ebf9f-0031-4cbf-bab1-95fd2d0dba4e ro single
    echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
    initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###