Re: GRUB2: Splash screen

[Andrei Borzenkov]

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Prasant J <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 6:56 PM, Andrei Borzenkov <address@hidden>
> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 1:34 PM, Prasant J <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> >
>> > I'm using Intel Atom processor for my embedded project.I'm trying to
>> > include
>> > splash screen (background image) for GRUB.
>> >
>> >
>> > I add the following lines to grub.cfg:
>> >    insmod png
>> >    insmod vga
>> >    background_image test.png
>> > & then did grub-install
>> > But this did not work.
>> >
>> >
>> > So, I tried to drop to GRUB shell and typed the above commands manually.
>> > It
>> > is showing me an error: "no video mode activated".
>> >
>> > Have I missed any other module to be loaded?
>>
>> splash screen requires that terminal output is set to gfxterm
>>
>> insmod gfxterm
>> terminal_output gfxterm
>>
>> before loading gfxterm you may set preferred mode with
>>
>> set gfxmode=xxxx
>>
>> (see manual)
>>
>> > or any other variable that
>> > should be set?
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>
> Hello Andrei, Thanks a lot for your response.
>
> In the grub shell I typed the following commands:
>    insmod png
>    insmod gfxterm
>    set gfxmode=1920x1080
>    terminal_output gfxterm
> I see and error at this point: "no suitable video mode found"
>

Did you also load video driver(s)? You may simply load all of them using

insmod all_video

correct driver should be autodetected (or so the theory :) ).

> I also tried setting gfxpayload to 'keep', but did not help.
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>
>
> I did read the manual (partially)  but did not find anything on how to set
> the video mode. Sorry if I overlooked some portion. If you have any more
> suggestions it would be of great help.
>
>
> Regards, Pj