ERROR in customizing the GRUB splash image?

Did you save the image as a png file?

you  can save the image as .tga

if you are using verion 2 of grub ,since it looks like rhel6 , it should work


thanks
s.deviprasad

dear bharat kumarraju ,

this is the exact procedure for removing the error: image not found  while booting the grub bootloader .

step1: the bootloader that you are using is a legacy boot loader

#grub --version will show it as 0.97 .

the matter of the fact is that it is difficult to produce the images for the splash screen .

step2: the error above can be removed ,just edit the image according to specifications provided in the  following link - this only applies to your grub bootloader , for others it is different.
http://jaeger.morpheus.net/linux/grubsplash.html

I had different experainces follwoing instructions ,
the error will go off ,but to get a better image overlay and appearence , you need to upgrade the grub boot loader to ver 2.0 which supports more formats.

step3. if you can find any splash images go to gnome-look.org and try there .

step4: place the file in xyz.xpm
and then zip it using
gzip xyz.xpm
you will get xyz.xpm.gz

step5: transerfer the files to /boot/grub
step6: edit the file menu.1st and change the spalsh image path and name to your image
xyz.xpm.gz
step6: reboot

now the error goes off .

her ein the attachment are the sample of picture you can try ....if you can get its wonder, its legacy boot laoder .

good for enterprsie linux distributions.

I would have uploaded some sample images that i hae created to remove the  error
but we get the follwing error while uploading the attachments.

any how ,try it out .

thanks
s.deviprasad
desgt.JPG

Hi Deviprasad_s

Thanks a lot for your information i have tried as you said still getting same error
i have tried as below....and iam attaching my xpm also for you please try and help me please.....and since xpm files are not attachable i saved as txt you chage the extension as xpm by giving the save as option please


C:\VMWARE\bk>pscp C:\Users\Bharath\Desktop\fb.xpm root@192.168.183.139:/root
root@192.168.183.139's password:
fb.xpm                    | 302 kB | 302.6 kB/s | ETA: 00:00:00 | 100%

C:\VMWARE\bk>



and in the server
gzip fb.xpm

and then issued a

mv fb.xpm /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

overwriiten the previous file actually.....


[root@localhost grub]# grub --version
grub (GNU GRUB 0.97)
[root@localhost grub]#



[root@localhost grub]# ls -l
total 288
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root     63 Jun 18 17:32 device.map
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  13380 Jun 18 17:32 e2fs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  12620 Jun 18 17:32 fat_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  11748 Jun 18 17:32 ffs_stage1_5
-rw-------. 1 root root    834 Jul 13 21:24 grub.conf
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  11756 Jun 18 17:32 iso9660_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  13268 Jun 18 17:32 jfs_stage1_5
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root     11 Jun 18 17:32 menu.lst -> ./grub.conf
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  11956 Jun 18 17:32 minix_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  14412 Jun 18 17:32 reiserfs_stage1_5
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root   1024 Jul 12 23:29 splashimages
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  13815 Jul 13 21:15 splash.xpm.gz
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root    512 Jun 18 17:32 stage1
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 125976 Jun 18 17:32 stage2
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  12024 Jun 18 17:32 ufs2_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  11364 Jun 18 17:32 vstafs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  13964 Jun 18 17:32 xfs_stage1_5
[root@localhost grub]#
fb.txt

dear ,

follow this steps ,your error will go,

the processes ou have followed is wrong ,and gimp in windows does not save the file properly . xpm

xpm files are special files for Xwindows system and they can not be created by standard imageeditors like gimp . it involve alot of skill to genearte the xpm file for the splash image .

its nothing by a array of characters ,written in the c -language for the splashimage .

any how ,I have attached the image called brother.txt ,change its extension to

brother.xpm
#gzip brother .xpm
you will get brother.xpm.gz

#mv /brother.xpm.gz  /boot/grub

then go to
#cd /boot/grub
#vi menu1
replace spalsh.xpm.gz with
bother.xpm.gz

#reboot

you will see an image , but not the image not found error.

I will make better images if i have abetter image editor and some c-programming -skills.

for time being ,i will leave it to you now .

hope this solve your error problem

thanks,
s.deviprasad
brother.txtsplash.txt

@deviprasad_s

Thanks a lot for your attachments and as you said the error disappears but no image dispalyed in the background....

Could you please give me a better image so that i can see and feel it...please...

Awaiting for your reply

Thank you so much for your help and suggestion