[SOLVED] No Splash with Grub2

[vecciora]

There is only a simple progress bar with black background and "Mageia 3" text in the right-bottom corner when booting.

This is my /etc/default/grub:

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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=" splash quiet nokmsboot resume=UUID=efcb6a9e-05c3-4cb5-b10f-77a365e768ee"
GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true
GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=gfxterm
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=Mageia
GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768x32
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_THEME=/boot/grub2/themes/maggy/theme.txt
GRUB_DEFAULT="saved"

I'm using Radeon HD 6310. In every distro if I use the proprietary driver and adding 'nokmsboot' parameter the splash usually display at lower resolution except in Mageia that the splash is gone.

Not a big problem, but it makes Mageia didn't look as nice as other distros on my laptop.

[gohlip]

add "vga=788" to your GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT line.

[vecciora]

Still no splash.

I've added "vga=788" and ran grub2-mkconfig&& grub2-install /dev/sda. But, there is still no splash.

[gohlip]

Change
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text
to
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1024x768x32

ps: should be grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
or just update-grub2
and better after grub2-install (which is not necessary)

[doktor5000]

Why not GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep ?
And make sure that GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT is commented out or not set to console.

[gohlip]

Why not GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep ?
And make sure that GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT is commented out or not set to console.

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GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1280x1024x32
GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x1024x32

works for me

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GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x1024x32

did not. Tried it in M3.

Also mentioned somewhere with this I can remove vga=xxx and nokmsboot

see
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual ... gfxpayload

[gohlip]

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GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1280x1024x32
GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x1024x32

works for me

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GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x1024x32

did not. Tried it in M3.

Just tested again in M4. Confirm "GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep" did not work.
Just a black screen instead of splash, but boots okay.
ps: Reconfirm GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1280x1024x32 works.

[vecciora]

Change
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text
to
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1024x768x32

ps: should be grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
or just update-grub2
and better after grub2-install (which is not necessary)

Oh, yeah. I forgot about -o option.

Now I have removed the "vga=788", but changed "GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text" to "GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1024x768x32".

Will reboot now and see.

[vecciora]

It worked! Thanks!

[gohlip]

Welcome. And remove "nokmsboot" if it is there, though nothing bad wll happen if you leave it there.
Same goes for other junk if they don't make sense. Grub will just ignore these.