05_debian_theme automatically adds background image

[drs305]

Binary package hint: grub2

First, thanks for the prompt fix of the GRUB_BACKGROUND bug this week.

Now, with the new 05_debian_theme, if there is an image file within /boot/grub it is automatically added as a background image. This occurs even with no GRUB_BACKGROUND line or WALLPAPER entry. If multiple images reside in the /boot/grub folder it appears to choose the filename alphanumerically ("1" first, then "a", etc).

I just had a stray .tga image in /boot/grub and it started appearing as a background. It's incorporated in the # 05_debian_theme section of grub.cfg.

(It would be an easy way to add a background, but that's probably not how you planned it.)

grub-pc 1.99-20101221-1ubuntu2

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(/dev/sda,msdos12)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 6017dc70-c491-47a1-8083-810abd0589a5
insmod png
if background_image /boot/grub/1cappucino-clear.png; then
  set color_normal=black/black
  set color_highlight=magenta/black
else
  set menu_color_normal=white/black
  set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
  if background_color 44,0,30; then
    clear
  fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: grub-pc 1.99~20101221-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-10.24-generic 2.6.37-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-10-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Dec 22 13:34:12 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101218)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub2

[drs305 (drs305)]

Actually, I hope this isn't a bug. I wrote a howto about it in the Ubuntu Forums. I think it's a
 slick way to add a background and hope it isn't changed.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1739412

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

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