ERD Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 hi! how do you change the background image shown during the lilo selection menu? (2005 LE 2.5) [moved from Software by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 The answer is simple... use Grub. Much more powerful than LILO, and it does not support such odd things like graphical boot at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 Hi Scarecrow. First parts of your statement I thoroughly endorse but the last part used to be true but not anymore. There is a little Program that I found on Website called KDE-Apps. It is called GRUB-Splash. I have attached them here for anyone who wants a really smart and business like splash screen for their Grub. The html has the install details of how and where to place the app. Put simply, start Konsole and type in kdesu konqueror. type in your root password. Konqueror will start. Close Konsole since it is no longer needed. Now while in konqueror press the / key which will open you to all directories. Go to where you have saved the app itself and click copy on it, then go to /root/grub and simply paste it in there. Now click on menu.list while still in Grub and open it with kwrite. Add the following line just under the first couple of lines of text ........... splashimage = /boot/grub/lineart.xpm.gz .....then click on save and close out. Incredibly simple to do. The next time you reboot you will see the new screen which is not at all glitzy and I think really looks good. Great kudos to its writer and thanks. I hope many of you like it enough to use it. Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolf Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 hi! how do you change the background image shown during the lilo selection menu?(2005 LE 2.5) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Is there a line in your /etc/lilo.conf that refers to a bitmap, bmp, or splash image? I don't know, as I use Grub, but man lilo.conf shows some info around a bitmap option that you might be able to play with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 Thank you, John, appreciated. Actually I can recall now that I did have seen a Grub splash before- booting the Kanotix 2005.X LiveCD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 actually, there are possibilities for even animated splash-screens in lilo afaik. i think i had seen those on the lab73 website some time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 There's some heavy work on Grub in Cooker ATM, I think it's being updated to do graphical boot...just FYI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 fine! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolf Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 hi! how do you change the background image shown during the lilo selection menu?(2005 LE 2.5) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I came across a thread that seems to provide that option: https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=24870 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERD Posted June 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 groovy! :) thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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