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Noyan
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 Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 8:17 pm Post subject: HOWTO : gfxmenu on patched grub [tested on amd64] |
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anyone likes suse's patched bootloader [grub] like me? if u dont know what i am saying u can look to screenshot [thanks Loci79 for taking ss on vmware]
http://www.geocities.com/g1powermac/vmwarescreen.JPG [srry i cannot find any ss except this  )
Lets start then
STEP 1
Downloading ebuilds + gentoo theme :
This is patched grub And gfxboot ebuilds from gentoo bugzilla :
https://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=58698&action=view
And this is our gentoo theme (good theme thanks )
https://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=58699&action=view
STEP 2
Chaning portage overlay :
i am using /usr/local/portage overlay.change if u re using different :
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localhost xxx-video # cat /etc/make.conf | grep PORTDIR_OVERLAY=
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
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STEP 3
Extracting ebuilds and then lets digest both
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cp grub-0.96-r2-gfxsplash-3.0-ebuilds.tar.bz2 /usr/local && tar -xjpvf grub-0.96-r2-gfxsplash-3.0-ebuilds.tar.bz
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ebuild /usr/local/portage/sys-boot/grub/grub-0.96-r2.ebuild digest
ebuild /usr/local/portage/media-gfx/gfxboot/gfxboot-3.0.15-r1.ebuild digest
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STEP 4
Unmerging previous grub :
STEP 5
Installing ebuilds :
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ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" emerge grub gfxboot
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srry cannot remember but gfxboot can be masked.if its like that please unmask the gfxboot package
STEP 6
Installing gentoo theme:
Extract the theme where u want
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tar -xjvpf gentoo.org-Krystal-gfxsplash-theme.tar.bz2 && cd gentoo.org-Krystal && make
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Lets go inside boot [not /boot]
Lets mount /boot and copy the theme file
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mount /boot && cp boot/message /boot/message
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LAST STEP
Changing grub.conf and rebooting
Change splashimage line with this : [message file]
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gfxmenu (hd0,0)/message
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here s my grub.conf
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default 0
timeout 10
#splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/dilek.xpm.gz
gfxmenu (hd0,0)/message
color white/blue black/light-gray
title Gentoo 2005.0 Kernel-2.6.11-r10NyN
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-2.6.11-NyN root=/dev/sda3 splash=silent,theme:livecd-2005.0 quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=0x317 udev
initrd (hd0,0)/fbsplash-livecd-2005.0-1024x768
password **************
title=Memtest86Plus
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/memtest86plus/memtest.bin
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This is tested on AMD64 gentoo 2005.0 multilib system...
if i did a mistake [when writing firefox crashed 5 times : ))) ] please correct...
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genneth
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| Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:06 am Post subject: Re: HOWTO : gfxmenu on patched grub [tested on amd64] |
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| Noyan wrote: | | Code: |
localhost xxx-video # cat /etc/make.conf | grep PORTDIR_OVERLAY=
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
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xxx-video?! BUSTED!
More on topic -- nice work. Will definitely try this out. Can't have them SuSE people beat us with grub splashes!
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Noyan
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| Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:04 am Post subject: Re: HOWTO : gfxmenu on patched grub [tested on amd64] |
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| genneth wrote: | | Noyan wrote: | | Code: |
localhost xxx-video # cat /etc/make.conf | grep PORTDIR_OVERLAY=
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
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xxx-video?! BUSTED!
More on topic -- nice work. Will definitely try this out. Can't have them SuSE people beat us with grub splashes! |
: )))))))))))))) sorry for the screenshot cuz it looks ugly.not a good theme.u ll love gentoo theme.. |
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| Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:08 am Post subject: |
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| Although ebuilds are marked ~x86, worked perfectly fine for me adding ~amd64 to ebuilds. |
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jbro
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| Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:55 am Post subject: |
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Great Howto  - I have got it working perfectally on x86 system, splash looks awsome
Thanks Heaps |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:44 am Post subject: |
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Noyan, could you post up the actual bugzilla bug numbers?
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Hibbelharry
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| Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 1:56 am Post subject: |
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where can i get hlp2txt which is needed ? can't find a package for it and googling for it didn't show me useful results...
greetings
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Jackster83
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:29 am Post subject: |
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I know this thread hasn't seen any activity in a looong time, but i wanted to answer Hibbelharry's question in case anybody else was trying to make this work.
| Quote: | | where can i get hlp2txt which is needed ? |
hlp2txt is in the gfxboot package so you have to emerge gfxboot first then make the gentoo theme. |
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Ricky
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| Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:54 am Post subject: |
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I realize that this is a mostly dead thread, but I just thought I'd say that the ebuilds and directions in this bug worked perfectly for me! Thanks!
Any chance this makes it into portage? |
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vitae
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 8:31 am Post subject: |
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i also tried it, works like a charm
on suse`s ftp i found newer patches and versions, but the maintainer doesn`t look like to want to work on it anymore |
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kernelOfTruth
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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When I'm trying to create the digests I get this:
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Appending /usr/local to PORTDIR_OVERLAY...
!!! /usr/local does not seem to have a valid PORTDIR structure. |
Strange, cause my other ebuilds can be digested without this 
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psycepa
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 11:50 pm Post subject: Re: HOWTO : gfxmenu on patched grub [tested on amd64] |
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is there an ebuild for grub >= 0.97 (especially rc3) ?
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| Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:55 am Post subject: |
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silly me, should have checked there before posting 
thanX a lot
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| Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 11:40 am Post subject: |
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New Grub is very nice .
psycepa: No problem/Nie ma problemu  .
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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yes it is, just to show my quickwork don't be to strict that was my first time 
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/6769/gfxmenueq8.jpg
actually this is default theme slightly 'hacked'
as i will have more time i think that i will make some more advanced 'themes'
greetingz
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MyD
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| Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:33 am Post subject: |
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@ psycepa
this were a great idea!
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| Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:35 am Post subject: |
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thanx nice to see that someone liked that
I thought that I will explain shortly how to change default theme.
On bugzie there is a short guide how to make whole gfxmenu work.
One point says about downloading gnetoo-krystal theme, unpacking, running make and copying boot/message into /boot/grub dir and slightly changing entries in grub.conf.
And there are few things...
first, in this theme package there is a gimp xcf file, AFAIR back.xfc.
It is a file where all layers and stuff is preserved, so the simplest way to 'hack' theme is to edit this file with gimp, change somehow background or other gfx elements, export this picture to back.jpg, place back.jpg into gentoo-krystal temp dir and run make, then copy boot/message into /boot/grub dir, change grub.conf and voila... naaah, not so fast
back.jpg cannot be too large, the first time I have tried, the size was about 60kB, and grub was resetting my machine all the time.
I had to make smaller image (~30kB), place it in gentoo-krystal temp dir, boot from livecd, chroot, run make bla bla bla, then it worked.
Another thing is that in that bugzie thread there is a small mistake:
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8. copy boot/message to /boot/grub/gentoo-krystal.gfxmenu
9. add something like `gfxmenu (hd0,0)/grub/gentoo-krystal.gfxboot` into your
grub.conf
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the thing is that those those files in 8 and 9 point should have the same name, either (both files) gfxboot or gfxmenu, but _the_same_ !
and, dependin on your partition scheme you should modify the (hd0,0).... line
in my case it looks like:
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gfxmenu /boot/grub/przyczepa.gfsmenu
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since i have boot dir on / (simply, I don't have a separate parition for /boot)
and that would be all
so summarizing
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bugzilla url (thx to c2p): https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103272
| Andrew Kirilenko wrote: |
1. download grub and gfxboot ebuilds and put them into your overlay (grub
should go to sys-boot and gfxboot to media-gfx).
2. download patchset and put it into yout distfiles.
3. create digests
4. unmerge old grub and remove all *stage* files from /usr/lib/grub and /boot
5. emerge new grub and install it as usually
6. emerge gfxboot
7. download gentoo-krystal-gfxboot theme, unpack it (for example in /tmp/gfxboot {note: psycepa}) |
7a. in the directory where you unpacked gentoo-krystal, there is a back.xcf gimp file, open it with f.e. gimp, edit (add your background or sth), export picture as back.jpg and place it in the same directory as back.xcf
7b. remember that back.jpg canot be too large, for example, 30kB will work, 60kB won't (no fear, you can always fix it from livecd )
7c. if you can, modify other things (when i learn how to do it i will upgrade this short tip)
| Andrew Kirilenko wrote: |
(...) and make
8. copy boot/message to /boot/grub/gentoo-krystal.gfxmenu
9. add something like `gfxmenu (hd0,0)/grub/gentoo-krystal.gfxmenu` into your
grub.conf (remember to properly set the path, dependingly on you partition scheme {by psycepa})
10. if you'd like to use wildcards - read grub's info pages and take a look at
my grub.conf below (...)
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So that would be all for now, if you like the tip, give me to know.
Moreover, I'm looking forward to see your gfxmenus
greetingz
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Cheba
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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I have a problem with theme...
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Including "keymap.sv.inc"
Including "locale.inc"
Undefined words: bootloader, blend2, usernote, biosmem, getinfo, fade, fadein, bootdrive, findmode, getvideomode, updatedisk
make: *** [bootdir] Error 10
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How can I fix that? |
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| Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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Hi!
if somebody is still interested in this project, i just updated ebuilds and patchset in bugzilla.
if you know how to force grub to understand bigsize (>~170kb) themes please post here
i don't going to support this project, but you can
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:13 am Post subject: |
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| Rion wrote: | Hi!
if somebody is still interested in this project, i just updated ebuilds and patchset in bugzilla.
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of course there's interest 
we need to have something against suse's graphical boot
Thanks a lot
btw. the source for gfxboot doesn't exist:
| Quote: | No digest file available and download failed.
!!! Couldn't download 'gfxboot-3.3.18-10.src.rpm'. Aborting.
!!! File gfxboot-3.3.18-10.src.rpm doesn't exist, can't update Manifest
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for those who nevertheless want to install
the latest I could find was gfxboot-3.3.18-3.src.rpm, so you may want to change it to that
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