Re: speaking of grub graphical boot...

[Cameron Simpson <cs zip com au>]

On 30Jun2008 10:25, Tim <ignored_mailbox yahoo com au> wrote:
| On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 20:19 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:
| > I have from time to time tried to make my own grub boot
| > image. I've seen all the rules I'm supposed to follow about
| > making it the right size and the right number of colors, and
| > my own attempts often work out fine.
| > 
| > But then there are those other times, when I'll have an
| > image that looks perfectly fine in gimp, or eog, or whatever,
| > but when grub displays it, the colors are completely wacked
| > out - not at all like the colors specified in the xpm file. 

You say you've followed all the rules. What rules, exactly? As I recall
grub XPM images need to have a maximum of 14 colours. I make them
this way:
  http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/css/bin/mkgrubsplash
and seem to have success.

Cheers,
-- 
Cameron Simpson <cs zip com au> DoD#743
http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/

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