gnome sets debian splash screen for grub

[Redmar]

Installing the gnome3 desktop environment on oneiric also installs a debian splash screen for grub. This is an unexpected side effect, and also breaks the purple theme of the vanilla boot sequence.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome 1:3.0+1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 4d622a2daf4715c83324b38deda76e9b
CheckboxSystem: b5acb6c9ca4017b1d44043910f45329d
Date: Fri Nov 11 12:39:29 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: meta-gnome3
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[computermacgyver (computermacgyver)]

Also quite unnerving to the user. I can confirm that installing gnome (and via the Ubuntu Software Center resulted in my computer showing the Debian splash screen in grub. I have a more concise list of all the packages installed when choosing gnome in my software center history, but I cannot find any good way to export this list to include it here. Instead, I am including my dpkg log from the installation to list all the packages installed.

[Dmitry Shachnev (mitya57)]

There is a similar bug for xfce: bug 777618.
According to a comment there, removing the "desktop-base" package should help you.

[computermacgyver (computermacgyver)]

Thanks, Dmitry, removing the desktop-base package indeed removed the Debian splash screen for me. I'm now only running the gnome fall-back environment (gnome-panel) so I'm not sure how removing the desktop-base package would affect those who want to run the full gnome-shell.