Devuan bug report logs - #845
GRUB menu not transparent

Package: desktop-base; Reported by: Jerzy Sobczyk <[email protected]>; Done: fsmithred <[email protected]>; Maintainer for desktop-base is fsmithred <[email protected]>.

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close

I looked back at older versions of desktop-base back to jessie and there's 
been no change with /usr/share/desktop-base/grub_background.sh. It has 
always pointed to nothing. I don't think that's the problem here.

I was reminded that there is a problem with the installer getting the grub 
theme right. The problem is that desktop-base gets installed before grub 
but it needs to edit a file that gets installed with grub. (/etc/default/grub)

This was fixed by adding a script that runs at the very end of the 
installation, and it's possible to quit the installer before this happens. 
The result is that you don't get the grub theme.

I'm closing this bug report. It can be re-opened with more information if 
it's still a problem.

fsmithred

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desktop-base appears to be working correctly for me. I'm not clear on what 
is meant by "blue background" vs. "transparent background". The grub bg 
for desktop-base in daedalus is blue. The grub boot screen without any 
splash has a blue box.

Here's the grub screen with desktop-base:
https://get.refracta.org/files/misc/grub-screen-daedalus.png

Here's what the default grub screen looks like (or it might say devuan 
instead of debian). You might get this if desktop-base is not installed or 
if your root partition is encrypted and grub can't access the desktop-base 
files.
https://get.refracta.org/files/misc/grub-no-splash.png

To use the grub theme with an encrypted root:
https://bgstack15.wordpress.com/2021/01/17/grub-with-a-theme-when-you-have-an-encrypted-root-filesystem/

HTH,
fsmithred

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Added indication that 845 affects grub-pc and grub-efi Request was from Mark Hindley <[email protected]> to [email protected]. Full text available.

No longer marked as found in versions 2.06-13+deb12u1. Request was from Mark Hindley <[email protected]> to [email protected]. Full text available.

bug reassigned from package 'grub' to 'desktop-base'. Request was from Mark Hindley <[email protected]> to [email protected]. Full text available.

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Control: reassign -1 desktop-base
Control: affects -1 grub-pc grub-efi

Thanks.

On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 11:29:31PM +0100, Jerzy Sobczyk wrote:
> Package: grub
> Version: 2.06-13+deb12u1
> 
> Hello.
> 
> The file /usr/share/desktop-base/grub_background.sh
> points to nonexisting image:
> WALLPAPER=/usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png

/usr/share/desktop-base/grub_background.sh is in the desktop-base package. That
appears to be where the fix should be applied. So reassigning.

Mark

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Package: grub
Version: 2.06-13+deb12u1

Hello.

The file /usr/share/desktop-base/grub_background.sh
points to nonexisting image:
WALLPAPER=/usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png

After installation of Devuan 5.0 Dedalus I have packages:
ii  grub-common                                   2.06-13+deb12u1
                   amd64        GRand Unified Bootloader (common
files)
ii  grub-efi-amd64                                2.06-13+deb12u1
                   amd64        GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2
(EFI-AMD64 version)
ii  grub-efi-amd64-bin                            2.06-13+deb12u1
                   amd64        GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2
(EFI-AMD64 modules)
ii  grub-efi-amd64-signed                         1+2.06+13+deb12u1
                   amd64        GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2
(amd64 UEFI signed by Debian)
ii  grub2-common                                  2.06-13+deb12u1
                   amd64        GRand Unified Bootloader (common files
for version 2)

And the image is not present in them.
As a result the menu has blue not transparent background.

With Best Regards,
    Jerzy

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