Re: GRUB2: Splash screen

[Prasant J]

On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 6:56 PM, Andrei Borzenkov <address@hidden> wrote:

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?

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"

I also tried setting gfxpayload to 'keep', but did not help.

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