Gfxmenu in Ubuntu?

You can use this:
http://linuxhub.net/2009/07/grub-2-add-splash-image-to-beautify-grub-2/

Or you can install and use BURG which replaces grub:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Burg

BURG is a 3rd party app so isn't hugely supported but BURG has it's own forum and support. It can look like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_BAyAclZ9g&feature=related

I am not sure you understood my question, I am asking about gfxmenu, the section of GRUB2 that was started as a Google Sumer of Code 2008 project by Colin D. Bennett {http://grub.gibibit.com/} (lp:~colinb) and was merged upstream into Grub 1.98
<QUOTE src="NEWS file">
New in 1.98 - 2010-03-06:

* Graphical menu support.
</QUOTE>
I am not interested in BURG, or any other fork, and I already know how to set the background image, thanks.

Supposedly, I should add the line "GRUB_THEME=/boot/grub/themes/my_theme/theme.txt", and run update-grub, however the my last attempt doing this failed.

If I am doing something wrong, please correct me. Else I will file a bur and link it to this question.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/files/gfxmenu.htm

may help

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1214274

more ubuntu related, am I on the right scent now?

Try to contact directly people of Grub. I presume you will get very few help here (unreleased version on a subject not critical and very specific).

The confusing thing is it is released, and gfxmenu was a key feature of grub2.

I've gotta feeling that it may be something wrong with the theme I'm using (winter from Colin Bennett's grub gfxmenu summer of code 2008 site) but I can't find the "docs/example_theme" mentioned on the grub manual, and all the other themes seem to be for downstream patched grubs m, burg or outdated experimental versions of the graphical menu.

I'm pretty sure gfxmenu is in ubuntu's grub, but I think either the debian_theme file, or an outdated theme is causing the theme not to work.

Hi :)

You can join the Grub help-mailing list through this link
http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-grub
or the grub developer's list through this link
http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel

The developers are very busy working on various things so please don't be too offended if they are not able to help you fast. It is worth trying tho as you seem to know a fair bit and maybe could join in with development? or perhaps beta test some patches?

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

I think the issue is the missing exampte theme. If there was an up-to-date supported theme then I could know if it's the theme or Grub...

I think i'll report the issue.

So people know, according to the GRUB Manual, you mearly set GRUB_THEM=/path/file.txt to a theme file on the same partition as GRUB. Run update-grub and reboot.

It would be nice to test this with an official theme or something.

Hi :)

Congrats if you did fix this! Notice that if you report the bug in launchpad then it is easy(ish) to link the bug-report to this question's thread.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

oops I made a typo - the variable you set is GRUB_THEME=/path/file.txt

Hi

i briefly noticed some talk about theming in the grub lists this morning but i only glance quickly and move on. Hopefully you were involved in that discussion on their lists?
Regards from
Tom :)

i just put a hand-crafted example configuration up for gentoo:

http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/w/index.php?title=Grub2&action=historysubmit&diff=30270&oldid=29562

i'm also not finding example_theme.txt, asking on #grub about it right now.