From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F06B41381F4 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:49:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D056421C04A; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:48:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net (mailout-de.gmx.net [213.165.64.23]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4773F21C036 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:46:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 13 Aug 2012 17:46:23 -0000 Received: from wl-l3-55.rz.tu-ilmenau.de (EHLO localhost) [141.24.17.55] by mail.gmx.net (mp031) with SMTP; 13 Aug 2012 19:46:23 +0200 X-Authenticated: #4040096 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1995BdSWht9HNeX+ODETdMGTpqRGIS7BA54rEuTN2 EexSDzBKxMTDzU Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:46:22 +0200 From: Frank Steinmetzger To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot see Grub menu Message-ID: <20120813174622.GB30008@eisen.lan> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20120812000905.GA2684@eisen.lan> <20120812114736.241e1cb4@weird.wonkology.org> <20120812120159.0e646529@khamul.example.com> <201208121431.28057.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20120812225232.GA7202@eisen.lan> <502838C3.904@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="9amGYk9869ThD9tj" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <502838C3.904@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt 1.5.21 (2010-09-15, Gentoo 1.5.21-r1) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Archives-Salt: 9af74422-7727-4fb1-8274-cd90310cefaf X-Archives-Hash: 00a5b26bacc5f83803bbbee608521d5e --9amGYk9869ThD9tj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 06:14:11PM -0500, Dale wrote: > >> I have always used GRUB splashimage without genkernel and without anyt= hing=20 > >> special to get it going other than the correct path in /boot/grub/grub= =2Econf;=20 > >> e.g. > >> > >> default 0 > >> timeout 30 > >> splashimage=3D(hd0,9)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > That's the way I used to too also. Very strange this all... >=20 >=20 > 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.=20 No, because the original text =E2=80=9CLoading Grub from Harddisk=E2=80=9D = and =E2=80=9CLoading stage 1.5=E2=80=9D don=E2=80=99t disappear. But you know what -- I just tested a= gain in qemu (to read the text output so that I can write it here). And lo!, the menu final= ly appeared. Let=E2=80=99s see then what the next reboot will bring. --=20 Gru=C3=9F | Greetings | Qapla' Please do not share anything from, with or about me with any Facebook servi= ce. The duration of a minute is relative. It depends on the side of the toilet door you are standing on. --9amGYk9869ThD9tj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlApPW4ACgkQGafpl66MV0x3wgCfay9Z7XgAw0+48U4/LV5caEhi dXEAn0JB3U/O4QMRICgfeiiQPk/DJPCl =hVhJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9amGYk9869ThD9tj--