If the image is not found, refer to the Troubleshooting Splash Images section of this page. Update GRUB to incorporate the image into the GRUB 2 menu:Īs the command runs, the user should see a terminal message indicating the image was found. The final step in adding the splash image in all the methods described below is to update the GRUB 2 menu. The installed version of GRUB on the system can be obtained by running grub-install -V Instructions for Grub 1.97~beta in Karmic Koala ( unsupported) are located at the end of this section. See the specific instructions for the release you are using. Early versions of Grub 1.98, installed on Lucid, are different than later versions of Grub 1.98 installed on Maverick. The method to include a background image in Grub 2 varies depending on the version of GRUB installed on the system. Important The grub-splashimages package was designed for GRUB 0.97 and is not compatible with GRUB 2. Once installed, the images are located in the /usr/share/images/grub folder. sudo apt-get install grub2-splashimages.Search for grub2-splashimages and click the Install button. The package can be installed in several ways: Sample GRUB 2 splash images are contained in the grub2-splashimages package in the Universe repository. Use the Image > Mode menu options to set the properties to RGB and ensure the mode is not set to Indexed. The GIMP image editor is one application which can edit images to conform to the GRUB 2 standards. Since most of the time you will not want to limit yourself to 256 colors (which is totally yesteryear) you will probably find PNG much preferable. Else you will get errors saying 'Too many Huffman tables'. JPG/JPEG images must be 8-bit (256 color).The image must meet the following specifications: GRUB 2 can use PNG, JPG/JPEG and TGA images for the background. A separate page for themes is under development.Ī collection of compatible background images such as the one to the left is available from the Universe repository in the grub2-splashimages package. GRUB 2 themes are becoming more available and are discussed in the Grub2#Themes community documentation.

The user may choose any compatible image to use on the GRUB 2 menu. The developers have created a set of compatible background images available as a package download but GRUB 2 accepts a variety of popular image formats. This page provides information on how to add a background image, change font colors and resolutions on the GRUB 2 menu without using a theme. GRUB 2's splash image/background capability is greatly enhanced over its predecessor, GRUB 0.97. Configuration settings (splash image present).Configuration settings (no splash image).

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