Re: Encrypted system and grub2 splashscreen
ok the problem was unicode.pf2
This font file in normally located in /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 and on encrypted systems it isn't detected by update-grub.
The solution is to copy it to /boot/grub
-------- Original Message --------
From: Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Apparently from: bounce-debian-user=debmailist=safe-mail.net@lists.debian.org
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Encrypted system and grub2 splashscreen
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:38:00 +0000
> 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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