Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 02:31:07PM +0100, Mick wrote: > >>>>> So after the recent thread here about 32bit/64bit and some arguments >>>>> from a friend, I made the switch from 32 bit to 64 bit (with a clean >>>>> install from scratch of course). There’s one big problem I’m >>>>> having: I cannot see the Grub (legacy) boot menu. It still >>>>> functions alright, but I don’t see it. >>>> […] >>>> Do you use a splashimage in your grub.conf? Maybe without you will >>>> get a working text mode Grub. Not that this should matter, but anyway. > Yes, I used to use a self-made spash image; it shows a Windows-Logo-like > stickers saying "Windows Vista incapable" with a Tux in it. :) > > Anyways, the file was missing, so I commented out the line, but to no avail. > I tried a temporary grub.conf with the bare essentials (just one entry), and > it didn't help either. > > Booting the same disk in qemu yields the same thing. So I gather it must be > some borkage in grub itself. Perhaps I could try an older version, there are > so many available right now. > >>> When grub is running and showing it's menu, the only thing active > ---------------------------------------^ > *cough* *wink wink* > >> I have always used GRUB splashimage without genkernel and without anything >> special to get it going other than the correct path in /boot/grub/grub.conf; >> e.g. >> >> default 0 >> timeout 30 >> splashimage=(hd0,9)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz > That's the way I used to too also. Very strange this all...
Just a thought. Could it be that the text and the background is the same color? If you put white text on a white background, all you see is white which looks blank, empty or whatever you want to call it. Otherwise, I'm clueless. It's OK. I'm used to being clueless. lol Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
