Re: [Design-team] Grub2 theme for Fedora 17

Grub2 theme for Fedora 17

[Máirín Duffy]

On Thu, 2012-05-10 at 07:55 -0700, emily(a)fightingcrane.com wrote:

>  Is there any way we can preview this before it comes out in (I
> assume)
>  f17rc1? 
Sure, there's two things you need -

http://linuxgrrl.com/temp/grub2-f17/beefymiracle-grub2-theme.tar.gz

Untar that so it lands in /boot/grub2/themes, then
update /etc/default/grub with this:

http://linuxgrrl.com/temp/grub2-f17/grub

It should work then. Make backups though in case i screwed up; messed-up
bootloader is a pain. (If you do find yourself unable to boot, 'grub2
install sda' on the emergency/recovery command line prompt should fix
it.)

~m

Grub2 theme for Fedora 17

[Onyeibo Oku]

On Thu, 2012-05-10 at 11:52 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote:
>  On Thu, 2012-05-10 at 07:55 -0700, emily(a)fightingcrane.com wrote:
>  
>  > Is there any way we can preview this before it comes out in (I assume)
>  > f17rc1?
>  
>  Sure, there's two things you need -
>  
>  http://linuxgrrl.com/temp/grub2-f17/beefymiracle-grub2-theme.tar.gz
>  
>  Untar that so it lands in /boot/grub2/themes, then
>  update /etc/default/grub with this:
>  
>  http://linuxgrrl.com/temp/grub2-f17/grub
>  
>  It should work then. Make backups though in case i screwed up; messed-up
>  bootloader is a pain. (If you do find yourself unable to boot, 'grub2
>  install sda' on the emergency/recovery command line prompt should fix
>  it.)
>  
>  ~m 
What say I test this on f16?  Should I stop?

twohot

Grub2 theme for Fedora 17

[Máirín Duffy]

On Thu, 2012-05-10 at 18:14 +0100, Onyeibo Oku wrote:

>  What say I test this on f16?  Should I stop? 
The latest F17 test candidate has (or will have) a different (newer)
version of grub2 so if you were to run it, it would be to check it out,
not for testing purposes I think since you'd have to run on F17 to help
with testing.

There is a bit of risk in using it as it changes your grub config file
which can potentially make your system unbootable. That being said, it
worked fine for me on my F17 beta system so there shouldn't be a
problem, but if you want to be 110% safe I'd advise just waiting for the
test candidate to come out to take a look.

Hope that makes sense...

~m

Grub2 theme for Fedora 17

[Onyeibo Oku]

On Thu, 2012-05-10 at 13:18 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote:
>  On Thu, 2012-05-10 at 18:14 +0100, Onyeibo Oku wrote:
>  
>  > What say I test this on f16?  Should I stop?
>  
>  The latest F17 test candidate has (or will have) a different (newer)
>  version of grub2 so if you were to run it, it would be to check it out,
>  not for testing purposes I think since you'd have to run on F17 to help
>  with testing.
>  
>  There is a bit of risk in using it as it changes your grub config file
>  which can potentially make your system unbootable. That being said, it
>  worked fine for me on my F17 beta system so there shouldn't be a
>  problem, but if you want to be 110% safe I'd advise just waiting for the
>  test candidate to come out to take a look.
>  
>  Hope that makes sense...
>  
>  ~m 
Actually, I have a test compose-2 (TC2) running on my server here.
Wouldn't hurt to try it there. :)

thanks

twohot

Grub2 theme for Fedora 17

[Máirín Duffy]

On Thu, 2012-05-10 at 18:36 +0100, Onyeibo Oku wrote:
>  Actually, I have a test compose-2 (TC2) running on my server here.
>  Wouldn't hurt to try it there. :) 
Oh okay, fantastic! You might want to instead try pjones' latest grub
build and spot's latest fedora-logos build then (what's on my web space
is the rough theme I put together that spot and peter packaged more
nicely):

http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=318195
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=318185

~m