I'm seeing this, too. It's probably caused by the new code in grub-core/term/gfxterm.c, search there for variable blend_text_bg. When this is set to 1 the menu text will be blended over the background image, otherwise it will replace the image.
But the only way to set blend_text_bg = 1 currently seems to use the new command "background_color". Note that it must be invoked _before_ setting background image. I added the line marked with <--- to /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme and ran update-grub and this got me back the complete spacefun image :) ... # ... and write our configuration snippet to stdout. Use the colors # desktop-base specified. If we're using a user-defined background, use # the default colors since we've got no idea how the image looks like. # If loading the background image fails, use the default theme. echo "insmod ${reader}" echo "background_color black" <--- echo "if background_image `make_system_path_relative_to_its_root "${1}"`; then" if [ -n "${2}" ]; then echo " set color_normal=${2}" ... Cheers, Roderich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org