Re: Encrypted system and grub2 splashscreen
On Mon 17 Dec 2012 at 11:33:01 -0500, debmailist@Safe-mail.net wrote:
> I've got encrypted wheezy (encrypted lvm) and I can't change grub2
> splashscreen. The method I'm using: to put file.jpg into /boot/grub
> (which of course is on the unencrypted primary partition) and run
> update-grub. I'm sure that encryption is the reason of this problem,
> because i've tried it (the same method and the same .jpg file) on
> others unencrypted debians and it worked just fine there no matter if
> it was completely clean installation without xorg or regular gnome
> one. To the contrary on every encrypted debian installation (clean or
> with graphical environment) grub splash screen just wasn't working.
>
> On unencrypted installation when I run update-grub it says something
> like "xxx.jpg was found in....." But when system is encrypted it
> doesn't seem to find the file - at least there's no comment about it.
> That suggest that the problem occurs at the very moment of update-grub
> procedure - not when the computer is booting. It's update-grub command
> which cannot find the file. And that is strange because the file is on
> the unencrypted /boot partition.
1. Are file.jpg and xxx.jpg the same file?
2. Is file.jpg mentioned in /boot/grub/grub.cfg?
3. What do you have for GRUB_BACKGROUND in /etc/default/grub?
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