Starfield theme is not displayed correctly
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | grub2 (Ubuntu) |
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
The graphical GRUB2 theme Starfield, available in the repositories (and the only one), is not displayed correctly.
First, the text of the menu entries is black over a dark background image.
This is fixed easily in the theme.txt file.
Second, some images don't appear correctly like, for example, the corners of the menu (a white square is shown instead of rounded corners).
This is because those images are not in RGB mode. It seems GRUB doesn't like images using indexed mode.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: grub-theme-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Aug 4 14:34:04 2014
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-17 (48 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
| Bruno Nova (brunonova) wrote : | #1 |
| Bruno Nova (brunonova) wrote : | #2 |
The attachment "Fix black text on dark background in Starfield theme" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.
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| tags: | added: patch |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : | #4 |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
| Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |


Strange... I checked all of the images of the theme in Trusty source package and lp:ubuntu/grub2 branch using GIMP, and all of them are in RGB mode. starfield) , only some of them are in RGB mode. Why?!
But in the binary package (grub-theme-
In the meantime, here's a patch to fix the black text on dark background problem.
The text is now blue/cyan (same as the progress bar) and selected text is now white.