Dual boot screen not visible

[mikehi]

Resolution entry in /etc/default/grub was commented out. Don't know why this was the case but it might be something you folks should check out.

Originally, I just wanted to upgrade my 10.04 LTS installation to 12.04, but couln't, even though it was offered when I used the Live CD. Just gave me a screen with the default background but no launcher or anything else.

I didn't know how to recover, so I used Partition Magic to wipe out the Ubuntu partition on the drive and then plugged in the Live CD and did a fresh install. Same result - a screen with the default background but no launcher or anything else. So I wiped out the partition again and reinstalled 10.04 LTS from its Live CD and just installed every upgrade until I got to 12.04. Took two days to do as I had time for it.

Along the way I somehow lost the dual boot screen - possibly when you folks changed to GRUB2? Anyway, editing /etc/default/grub to remove the # and adding a resolution I wanted corrected the problem and everything works fine for both OSs now

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: grub (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat May 12 15:14:03 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-06 (6 days ago)

[mikehi (silversage)]

Removed # from GRUB_GFXMODE= and added 1024x768 to make it work.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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