Persistent configuration settings [motd + grub splash]

[Marius Gedminas]

On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 09:44:21AM -0400, fletcher johnson wrote:
> Hello, I have tried editing both /etc/motd and /boot/grub/menu.lst both to
> no avail.

You managed to pick two files that are automatically regenerated by
system scripts :-)

> When I insert my custom motd when I next reboot my custom motd is
> replaced with the default ubuntu motd.

It's done by one of the init scripts that prints the current kernel
version and adds the contents of /etc/motd.tail to it.  Just modify
/etc/motd.tail (or edit the relevant init script, if you feel you know
what you're doing).

> Also I've tried to disable the
> default splash screen on startup by changing the options for my kernel
> 'splash' to 'nosplash', but whenever i restart mysteriously the file has
> reverted back to its default of 'splash'.

There's a comment somewhere near the top that explains how menu.lst is
maintained.  It's a small comment in a large file, so people often do
not notice it.

Edit the comment that says kopt=... and change 'splash' to 'nosplash'
there.  Do not remove the comment character.   Run the update-grub
script as root (this is done automatically whenever you upgrade the
kernel).

That script will read the kopt comment (and a few others), remove the
list of kernels between the two 'AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST' comments and
generate a new list that contains all the kernels you've installed, with
the options taken from that kopt comment line.

> (Yes I have saved both files
> successfully as root so we can save a few emails that way :)

Cheers!
Marius Gedminas
-- 
Read what I mean, not what I write.
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