Grub not working

[dave boland]

On Thu, 05 May 2011 11:17 -0400, "Tom H" <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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"?

Yes.  Here is how it looks:
# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=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?

Yes, the file does exist.  I don't think it is executable, but not sure.
 I have not edited it, so it must me default?  I don't know what the
requisite files are, so can't answer that.

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

No.  Here are the contents of the file.
# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
#   info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=30
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="splash vga=769"

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that
obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via
VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to
Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

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

The folder exists, but there are no contents in the folder.

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

I have not edited it, so it must be default?

Thanks,
Dave
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