Grub not working

[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"?

2. Does "/etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme" exist? Is it executable? Is it
the default file or have you edited it? Do the requisite files and
directories in "/lib/plymouth/themes/" exist?  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?

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

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

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