Mageia 5: no boot splash

[vecciora]

I have installed Mageia 5 several times already and still there is no splash when booting.



What should I do? There is boot splash when I installed the RC version, but now with the release version there isn't.

[ozky]

Paste output from that command what is in code tag,you have may removed splash quiet from your grub settings file.

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cat /etc/default/grub

[vecciora]

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GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_THEME=/boot/grub2/themes/maggy/theme.txt
GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK=y
GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768x32
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text
GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false
GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=gfxterm
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=" nokmsboot splash quiet noiswmd resume=/dev/vg-mga/swap"
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=Mageia
GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=n
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=false

[vecciora]

I've tried to change GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text to GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep and now there is boot splash, but it doesn't look nice. The splash is not full screen (there are black borders) and there is a moment where the upper half of the boot splash becomes black.

I want to have Mageia's booting screen looks as nice as Ubuntu or CentOS.

Maybe it's connected to the fact that Mageia uses fglrx for AMD graphics? My PC is using AMD graphic card.

[ozky]

You need to run update-grub when you change grub settings.

[vecciora]

You need to run update-grub when you change grub settings.

Yeah. I've already done that and the result is just like I explained before, there is boot splash, but it doesn't look nice.

[gohlip]

See viewtopic.php?f=7&t=6506
Set

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GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1280x1024x32
GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x1024x32

ps: it worked for you the last time. what happen this time?

[vecciora]

Maybe that time I don't care about how it looks, but now I do care.

Yeah. Using that configuration works too, but still doesn't look nice (the boot splash doesn't fill up the screen).

[gohlip]

Yeah. Using that configuration works too, but still doesn't look nice (the boot splash doesn't fill up the screen).

That's because Mageia uses a 'full screen" splash. Other distros use black background (with running logos, etc) to mask this out.
Try with some other grub resolutions (maybe 1024x768 ?) if this bothers you.

[vecciora]

Yeah. Using that configuration works too, but still doesn't look nice (the boot splash doesn't fill up the screen).

That's because Mageia uses a 'full screen" splash. Other distros use black background (with running logos, etc) to mask this out.
Try with some other grub resolutions (maybe 1024x768 ?) if this bothers you.

Do you mean by changing GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text to GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1024x768x32?

Now I'm using a PC at my office (this thread is about my PC at home). Mageia uses "ati" driver instead of "fglrx" here. The boot splash looks fine, it's full screen and it looks nice. Now I'm sure that it's related to the graphics driver.

[gohlip]

Do you mean by changing GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text to GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1024x768x32?

Yes.Yes.Yes.As per my post, and as per my link.