Grub2

[les]

On Fri, 2012-12-07 at 20:20 +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote:
> On 12/07/2012 07:54 PM, les wrote:
> 
> > Hi, everyone,
> > 	My name is Les Howell.  I do semiconductor test programs for mainframe
> > ATE.
> > 
> > 	My current issue is with GRUB2.  I am slightly visually impaired due to
> > glaucoma.  This is important, because setting my system up to use bigger
> > fonts is vital for me to use it.  The problem I ran into when upgrading
> > to F17 from F16 is that the font settings do not work the same in Grub
> > 2.  I have worked very hard at finding solutions and using them from our
> > friend Google and from the forum, but have not yet been successful.  My
> > issue is therefore of several parts:
> > 	1.  Where can I find a really good manual on Grub2?
> > 	2.  What is the exact process to upgrade the font to say size 18 or so
> > in Grub2?
> > 
> > 	3.  What is the exact process to change the font and color in Grub2.
> > 
> > 	I found a solution that seemed to appear redundantly on various places
> > that suggested the following process:
> > 	A. find the font you want.
> > 	B. use # grub-mkfont inputfontname -o /grub/fonts/fontname
> > 	C. edit /etc/default/grub by adding a line to the new font as:
> > 		GRUB_FONT="/boot/grub2/fonts/fontname"
> > 	D. use # grub-mkcfg
> > 	
> > 	I did these steps, but no joy.  In addition, the fonts I tried all gave
> > me errors on one or more of the symbols (19 different fonts, mostly
> > mono-space or arial for visibility reasons.)
> > 	I know this is not a users forum, but this issue has implications that
> > need addressing at a much deeper stage.  
> > 
> > 	It is difficult for me to research this due to the vision problem, and
> > it is important for me to be able to participate more.
> > 
> > Thank you for your attention.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Does it help reducing the resolution via GRUB_GFXMODE= like
> GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480 ?
> 
> JBG
> 
Hi, Johan,
Thank you for the suggestion.  I didn't consider that, but I should
have.

But this time I ran grub2-mkconfig, whereas I think the first time I ran
grub-mkconfig.  I could not find grub-mkconfig this time, so I must have
been incorrect.

Anyway, I edited /etc/default/grub and removed the font line and added
the GFXMODE line. 

I ran the command grub2-mkconfig -o grub.cfg and got the following
errors:
It returned several errors:
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.6.8-2.fc17.x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.6.8-2.fc17.x86_64.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64.img
ERROR: ddf1: seeking device "/dev/dm-4" to 18446744073709421056
ERROR: hpt37x: seeking device "/dev/dm-4" to 4608
ERROR: hpt45x: seeking device "/dev/dm-4" to 18446744073709547008
ERROR: pdc: seeking device "/dev/dm-4" to 137438913024
ERROR: pdc: seeking device "/dev/dm-4" to 137438920192
ERROR: pdc: seeking device "/dev/dm-4" to 137438927360
ERROR: pdc: seeking device "/dev/dm-4" to 137438934528
ERROR: sil: seeking device "/dev/dm-4" to 18446744073709289984
  No volume groups found
Found Windows Recovery Environment (loader)
on /dev/mapper/pdc_eadgiihiejp1
Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/mapper/pdc_eadgiihiejp2
done

I'm about to reboot and see what happens.  I did save a backup of the
grub.cfg just incase.

thanks,
Les H