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From: Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@gmx.de>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot see Grub menu
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:46:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120813174622.GB30008@eisen.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <502838C3.904@gmail.com>

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On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 06:14:11PM -0500, Dale wrote:

> >> I have always used GRUB splashimage without genkernel and without anything 
> >> special to get it going other than the correct path in /boot/grub/grub.conf; 
> >> e.g.
> >>
> >> default 0
> >> timeout 30
> >> splashimage=(hd0,9)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> > That's the way I used to too also.  Very strange this all...
> 
> 
> Just a thought.  Could it be that the text and the background is the
> same color?  If you put white text on a white background, all you see is
> white which looks blank, empty or whatever you want to call it. 

No, because the original text “Loading Grub from Harddisk” and “Loading stage
1.5” don’t disappear.  But you know what -- I just tested again in qemu (to
read the text output so that I can write it here).  And lo!, the menu finally
appeared.  Let’s see then what the next reboot will bring.
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  reply	other threads:[~2012-08-13 17:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-08-12  0:09 [gentoo-user] Cannot see Grub menu Frank Steinmetzger
2012-08-12  1:33 ` Mark Knecht
2012-08-12  1:41   ` Frank Steinmetzger
2012-08-12  2:28     ` Mark Knecht
2012-08-12  3:10       ` Dale
2012-08-13  9:18         ` Hinnerk van Bruinehsen
2012-08-13 11:21           ` Michael Hampicke
2012-08-12  9:47 ` Alex Schuster
2012-08-12 10:01   ` Alan McKinnon
2012-08-12 13:31     ` Mick
2012-08-12 22:52       ` Frank Steinmetzger
2012-08-12 23:08         ` Alan McKinnon
2012-08-13  1:43           ` Peter Humphrey
2012-08-13  8:03             ` Neil Bothwick
2012-08-13 17:43               ` Frank Steinmetzger
2012-08-14  0:16               ` [OT] " Peter Humphrey
2012-08-14  7:32                 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-08-12 23:14         ` Dale
2012-08-13 17:46           ` Frank Steinmetzger [this message]
2012-08-13 21:31             ` Mick
2012-08-12 18:52 ` Michael Mol
2012-08-12 19:34   ` Mick
2012-08-12 20:06     ` Michael Mol

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