Bug 231134

Summary:	sys-boot/grub-0.97-r6 no splash.xpm.gz
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Alex Barker <alex>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	major	CC:	esigra, pacho, tschenturs
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Alex Barker 2008-07-08 07:22:51 UTC

Updateing to the latest stable on grub seems to remove the /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz but does not replace it.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. upgrade grub
2. reboot


Actual Results:  
no splash screen, strange things happen.

Comment 1 Joe Peterson (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-07-08 13:09:30 UTC

I also have display issues with this version.  There is no grub menu displayed (just an underscore cursor in upper left).  When booting starts, text is very garbled (noisy/unreadable), but then when kernel updates the card during boot, it clears up.

I have an ATI Radeon 9250.  I suspect grub's low-level drivers are not working correctly for the initial part of the boot.

Comment 2 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2008-07-08 13:50:40 UTC

Look at 231039

Comment 3 Alex Barker 2008-07-08 15:09:19 UTC

simple work around was to cp /usr/share/grub/splash.xpm.gz /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

didn't try the emerge --config grub but that probably does close to the same thing.

This is pretty much a dupe of #231039 so i will close it.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 231039 ***

Comment 4 Sam 2008-08-13 11:25:51 UTC

I have the same problem here.. was pulling my hair to the garbled  text so much, good to know that it's related to the grub issue...

I'm on 
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G71 [GeForce 7300 GS] (rev a1)