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24 November 2009
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BURG stands for Brand-new Universal loadeR from GRUB. It's based on GRUB, and add features like new object format and configurable menu system.
Installation
Install BURG on ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bean123ch/burg
Now refresh
sudo apt-get update
Now install
sudo apt-get install grub-pc
Configuration
Download some grub Themes from here :
wget http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/themes.tar.bz2
extract the themes with :
sudo tar -xjf themes.tar.bz2 -C /
To activate the themes you have to do ;
1- edit /etc/default/grub
sudo vi /etc/default/grub
and uncomment
# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
GRUB_TERMINAL=console
Now edit /etc/grub.d/40_custom
sudo vi /etc/grub.d/40_custom
and add this
set gfxmode="640x480"
set gfxfont="Unifont Regular 16"
loadfont /boot/grub/themes/fonts/unifont.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/themes/fonts/aqui.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/themes/fonts/edges.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/themes/fonts/lime.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/themes/fonts/7x13B.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/themes/fonts/smoothansi.pf2
loadfont /boot/grub/themes/fonts/Helvetica-Bold-14.pf2
insmod vbe
insmod png
insmod coreui
load_config /boot/grub/themes/winter/theme.txt
Now reboot :) and get the winter theme .
to load other themes you have to change the last line on /etc/grub.d/40_custom
like load_config /boot/grub/themes/ubuntu/theme.txt for
or this : load_config /boot/grub/themes/proto/theme.txt
when you change theme :apply the change with :
unixmen@unixmen-desktop:~$ sudo update-grub
Output
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-11-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-11-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
done
Links :
- http://www.webdevonlinux.fr
- http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/
- http://ubuntuforums.org/
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Comments (11)
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2009-11-26 13:02:39 |Administrator| pirat9
Hi man. in My ubuntu i did it on /etc/grub.d/40_custom then started the command (sudo update-grub)
and after restart was loading the new menu
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2009-12-05 20:59:23 | ulefr01 - burg grub2 advanced menu ubuntu karmic koala
I have following problems :
insmod coreui : is not found
load_config : unknow command
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Hello! Here I've inserted some themes that i've created editing official sora-clean theme: http://www.sourceslist.eu/guide/altri-temi-per-il- burg-basati-su-sora-clean/
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2010-02-09 09:02:39 | Zinovsky - 404 error
Thanks Ingalex, but the link http://www.sour ceslist.eu/guide/altri-temi-per-il-burg-basati-su- sora-clean/ give 404 error, could you please check the link if it is correct?
Thank you.
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http://www.sourceslist.eu/guide/altri-temi-per-il- burg-basati-su-sora-clean/
http://www.sourceslist.eu/guide/altri-temi-per-il- burg-basati-su-sora-clean/
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I've inserted this link two times. I think that there is a problem with this plugin for comment for Wordpress.
There is a change between link which open and the text that i insert.
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2010-04-14 22:06:18 | hanssolo - load_config: unknown command
hi,
i get load_config unknow command failure
can anyone help me?
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2010-04-15 11:05:35 | hanssolo - sora theme?
i now used this installation guide:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8623952& postcount=47
but the theme does not want to show up….
the relsolution 1024×768 works.
but not the sora-theme.
any suggestions?
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2010-07-12 06:36:34 | Anonymous - burg-manager
Here you can find burg-manager, an easy gui to simplify installation and configuration of Burg, installation of new themes, restore of Grub
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Are you sure the custom menu is the right place to load the theme? I did just that, and the winter theme didn't load. Should we not load it in the 05_debian theme menu? How would we address it then?