grub2 boot problems after updating to grub2-tools-2.00-20 and grub2-2.00-20

[Joachim Backes]

On 06/17/2013 09:32 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 06/17/13 14:55, Joachim Backes wrote:
>> Hi all testers,
>>
>> the "jumbo" update from this morning (Germany!) includes an update of grub2 and grub2-tools to the version given in the subject.
>>
>> Problems:
>>
>> 1. If booting, grub2 complains about
>>
>> /boot/grub2/themes/system/DejeVuSans-10.pf2 not found
>> /boot/grub2/themes/system/DejeVuSans-12.pf2 not found
>> /boot/grub2/themes/system/DejeVuSans-Bold-14pf2 not found
>> /boot/grub2/themes/system/theme.txt not found
>
> Well, since you gave the "heads up" I looked at the directory /boot/grub2/themes/system and it contained:
>
> [root at localhost system]# ls
> background.png    boot_menu_s.png         README               terminal_box_nw.png
> blob_w.png        boot_menu_sw.png        slider_c.png         terminal_box_se.png
> boot_menu_c.png   boot_menu_w.png         slider_n.png         terminal_box_s.png
> boot_menu_e.png   COPYING.CC-BY-SA-3.0    slider_s.png         terminal_box_sw.png
> boot_menu_ne.png  DejaVuSans-10.pf2       terminal_box_c.png   terminal_box_w.png
> boot_menu_n.png   DejaVuSans-12.pf2       terminal_box_e.png   theme.txt
> boot_menu_nw.png  DejaVuSans-Bold-14.pf2  terminal_box_ne.png  unicode.pf2
> boot_menu_se.png  fireworks.png           terminal_box_n.png
>
> before the update.....
>
> And....
>
> [root at localhost system]# ls
> background.png  fireworks.pn
>
> after the update.
>
> So, yeah, I guess it wouldn't be found....
>
> But, I don't/didn't see any error message....  Where should I have seen it?
>
>>
>> 2. I miss the standard grub2 colored graphical display background during the OS selection (b/w only)
>>
>
> Mine was B&W only prior to the update.
>
>
I could improve the behaviour a little bit by exchanging system by 
starfield and vice versa (brings back *nearly* the old behaviour, but 
only nearly).

Joachim Backes

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