SuSE Bootsplash gone after a grub restore

[apoorv_khurasia]

Hi

I guess I have run into my first problem with OpenSuSE 10.3. For some freak reason (which involved a huge data loss of my disk and a re-install of Windows) I had to restore the MBR via the OpenSuSE "recover" option (the one that appears first when you boot via the install DVD, or CD for that matter).

After the restore I was back to 1999 with my bootsplash gone. Even after booting is finished I cannot see the framebuffer graphics SuSE used to provide on the ttys.

I tried this (from one of the solutions that the forum search gave)

mkinitrd -b /boot -k vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-default -i myinitrd -s 1280x800

To my surprise I found that the runlevel manager shows that splash is disabled. When I enable it it gives

Could not start. Splash returned exit status 5 -program not installed

I tried a re-install of bootsplash but of no help.

Does anybody have an idea of how to restore the bootsplash screen and tty framebuffers.

Thanks a lot!

[Jonathan183]

I'd try in YAST to remove and reinstall bootsplash & boothsplash-theme-SUSE etc if you haven't already.

[apoorv_khurasia]

Oh no.....I had tried that but did not work out. Any other suggestions?

[Jonathan183]

Oh no.....I had tried that but did not work out. Any other suggestions?

Have you also tried reinstalling the bootloader from YAST?

[apoorv_khurasia]

Nopes that did not work too.

[Jonathan183]

Nopes that did not work too.

Will splash still not enable in YAST system services (runlevel) ?

[apoorv_khurasia]

No....it still gives the same error: Program not installed

[Jonathan183]

No....it still gives the same error: Program not installed

Last go ... whats does YAST list in the grub menu.lst and grub.conf files?

For menu.lst I have ...
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Mon Nov 19 00:18:06 GMT 2007
default 0
timeout 10
gfxmenu (hd0,6)/boot/message


###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 10.3
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_HTS424040M9AT00_MPA248Q2CS2LWL-part7 vga=0x317 apm=off acpi=off pcmcia=off resume=/dev/sda6 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-default


###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows rubbish
rootnoverify (hd0,6)
chainloader (hd0,1)+1


###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: Vendor diagnostic###
title Vendor diagnostic
rootnoverify (hd0,6)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1


###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 10.3
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_HTS424040M9AT00_MPA248Q2CS2LWL-part7 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-default

and for grub.conf I have ....
setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0) (hd0,6)
quit

In /boot I have a message file 389,120B.

Unless grub has been changed the message file is the background image and the gfxmenu line tells grub where the image is.
Hopefully you will have something different or i'm stumped ... let us know how you cure the problem in the end.

[apoorv_khurasia]

Sorry for the late reply. Yeah all my files are OK (when compared against yours).

I also think that its nothing to do with the files as it says that splash is not installed.

[Jimmey]

I have got the exact same problem. Did you manage to fix it?

Any help is appreciated,

thanks