Grub Boot Splash Screens

[unlokia]

Hi guys!

I have been experimenting with Grub bootsplash screens - you are more than welcome to download and install them - let me know what you think (or how much you dislike them HAHA!). For the beginners, here is how to install them:

(1) Make sure your bootloader *IS* Grub (duuuh!)
(2) Select the chosen "splash.xpm.gz" and copy it to /boot/grub
(3) Once you have copied the desired screen to /boot/grub, drop to terminal and do:

$ sudo update-grub

You will be asked for root password possibly - just type it and <<ENTER>>.

I shall be adding more screens over the next few days - the one I have added here, is the KDE wallpaper of two sheep, as seen here:



Have fun - I know it's not much but hey - try them and see if you like
them!

(Please note that each attachment is different - to see which one you are downloading, refer to the picture directly above the attachment link, in the post!)

[unlokia]

Another...

[unlokia]

My own work!



Download link below...

[hikaricore]

lol cute sheeps

[unlokia]

Here is my latest creation - 640 x 480 Background image first:


And now how it looks at boot time:


Please download the pre-gzipped bootsplash below, then drop it into /boot/grub and edit your /boot/grub/menu.lst to point to it.

[distroman]

http://ubuntuforums.org/gallery/show...oto=3891&cat=5
I saw this wallpaper and I really liked it, so I made a grub splash of it.
If you don't trust my gimp skills you can make your own really fast
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Gr...0ac88b248e25b4
ohh, and nice ones so fare, ill save some and try them later

[frizzl]

im sorry guys, but i cant seem to figure out how to get the file into the grub folder

it gives me an error saying i do not have correct permissions to write to the folder...

any help appreciated

[wjp.reg]

You need to open the folder with supervisory privileges in order to make changes in /boot/grub, using sudo

[unlokia]

Your command would be:

sudo cp splash.xpm.gz /boot/grub

Once you have completed that, you do:

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.list

This will allow you to edit grub options, to point to the splash.xpm.gz
that you copied in the first step.

[pinguinus]

I have used, for example, a stylish commercial photo of a desert caravan as my grub splash image (the orange-brownish colors suit default Ubuntu colors very nicely). But because the photo is commercial, I won't post it here. Instead, here's a link to many nice images (plus links to tutorials if you want to make your own):
http://www.schultz-net.dk/grub.html