Grub not working

[Jens Müller]

Hi,

sorry for coming back to this only now ...

Am 05.05.2011 17:17, schrieb Tom H:
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Jens Müller<blog at tessarakt.de>  wrote:
>> On 05.05.2011 16:21, dave boland wrote:
>>>
>>> The other question I have is how is the Ubuntu 11.04 boot loader (hope
>>> that is the right term) supposed to look.  All of the ones I have seen
>>> have a nice background image, use color, etc.
>>
>> Mine doesn't, it's just a blue screen (not a bluescreen, but the same
>> blue). Dunno why, or where it comes from. I'd have thought the grub
>> config including all the nice graphic config would be installed
>> everytime I run update-grub.
>
> 1. Is "GRUB_TERMINAL" in "/etc/default/grub" set to "console"?

Not yet:

#GRUB_TERMINAL=console



> 2. Does "/etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme" exist?
> Is it executable?

Yes:

$ ls -l /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5522 2011-04-21 15:19 /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme


>  Is it
> the default file or have you edited it?

No, not edited.

> Do the requisite files and
> directories in "/lib/plymouth/themes/" exist?

$ ls -l /lib/plymouth/themes/
insgesamt 20
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   39 2011-05-02 18:55 default.grub -> 
/etc/alternatives/default.plymouth.grub
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   34 2011-05-02 18:55 default.plymouth -> 
/etc/alternatives/default.plymouth
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-05-07 11:45 details
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-05-02 14:12 kubuntu-logo
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-05-07 11:46 kubuntu-text
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   31 2011-05-02 18:55 text.plymouth -> 
/etc/alternatives/text.plymouth
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-05-07 11:46 ubuntu-logo
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-05-07 11:46 ubuntu-text


> Are they the default
> files/directories or have you edited them? Have you created any
> directory or file that might override the default image location in
> "/etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme" without a loadable image there?

No.


> 3. Have you set "GRUB_BACKGROUND" in "/etc/default/grub"?

No.

> 4. Does "/usr/lib/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib" exist? Is it the default
> file or have you edited it?

Yes:
$ ls -l /usr/lib/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6077 2011-04-21 15:31 /usr/lib/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib


Not edited.


> 5. Have you edited "/usr/sbin/grub_mkconfig" or is it the default file?
>

It's not there?!

$ ls -l /usr/sbin/grub_mkconfig
ls: Zugriff auf /usr/sbin/grub_mkconfig nicht möglich: Datei oder 
Verzeichnis nicht gefunden

Best,

Jens