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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