Troubles with Boot Screen

[KPolulak]

I realize that there's probably been about 1,000 threads before me on this subject. I've managed to find a few of them but my problem doesn't seem to relate to them. Most previous threads have been about people who do not know how to change the boot screen. Myself, on the other hand, know how to change it but can't seem to get it right.

I am trying to change my boot screen (not GRUB, the screen with Ubuntu logo and orange progress bar). I've tried using Startup Manager and it appeared to work until I rebooted. Instead of a nice, sexy boot screen, I receive a bunch of text informing me of what drivers and processes are being loaded. Then a bunch of vertical, thin, white bars with one horizontal, thick, red bar behind them is displayed. That lasts for about 5 seconds. Finally, I am dropped off at my login screen and am able to login without any further problems.

What really aggravates me is that I was able to properly configure the boot screen on my laptop but I completely forgot how I did it!

HELP!

[devils casper]

Post the contents of /boot/grub/menu.lst file here.

[saivin]

Hi,
Have never done that. But the following link may be of some help to you.
How to Change The Bootsplash In Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) -- Ubuntu Geek

[KPolulak]

Here is what my menu.lst file looks like:

# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#            grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
#            grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#            and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default		0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout		3

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
#hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

splashimage (hd1,2)/grub/images/83234-splash.xpm.gz

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line)  and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
## password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title		Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root		(hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader	+1
#
# title		Linux
# root		(hd0,1)
# kernel	/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=1743e352-cfea-493f-a6bd-2a1892f4d1e7 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd1,2)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=splash quiet

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
##      lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=1

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title		Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-11-generic
root		(hd1,2)
kernel		/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=1743e352-cfea-493f-a6bd-2a1892f4d1e7 ro splash 
initrd		/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic

title		Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-11-generic (recovery mode)
root		(hd1,2)
kernel		/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=1743e352-cfea-493f-a6bd-2a1892f4d1e7 ro  single
initrd		/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic

title		Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
root		(hd1,2)
kernel		/memtest86+.bin

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title		Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title		Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader)
root		(hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader	+1

Note that the line:

splashimage (hd1,2)/grub/images/83234-splash.xpm.gz

was added by me to add a custom background image for the GRUB bootloader screen.