Ubuntu
grub package

  1. Bug #31743
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 31743

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Ming Hua (minghua) wrote : Re: grub menu doesn't show up, but grub works

I have the same problem. I didn't pay attention to the messages when I update grub from 0.97-1ubuntu3 to 0.97-1ubuntu4 (it was among a big update of many packages), but when I run update-grub I see

Searching for splash image ... found but preserving previous setting: splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/default-splash.xpm.gz

And indeed I have a /boot/grub/default-splash.xpm.gz file, which is a symlink to /etc/alternatives/grub-artwork. But the problem is my /boot and / are on different partitions! So apparently this won't work.

I copied /usr/share/pixmaps/grub/ubuntu-artwork.xpm.gz as /boot/grub/default-splash.xpm.gz, overwriting the symlink. Now at boot I have a grub menu. But in my opinion it's (1) much slower ,(2) off the center position on my screen, and (3) harder to use. But that's probably for another bug.