#Grub theme customization how to
#Grub theme customization install
#Grub theme customization driver

# menu entries you want to add after this comment. # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.

#Grub theme customization driver

Kernel, Module and Driver Configuration.System Locale and Keyboard Configuration.Automating the Installation with Kickstart.Open this file in read only mode again to make sure. Make some changes to the colors (it doesn't mind which ones you pick, they will be ignored) and click save.ДЄt that moment the colors you edited in the template will be appended into the definitive /boot/grub/grub.cfg file.

#Grub theme customization install

Matter is an easy to install customizable theme that comes with good defaults. Remember black means transparent for grub. Simple light GRUB themeSupported languages: Chinese (simplified), English. Also the box border.Д¬olor_normal: text and background outside of box (title and bottom help). Menu_color_normal: normal menu entries and background. Menu_color_highlight: highlighted menu entry and its background. The easiest way of having your colors show up is:Д®dit the XX_something_theme file and change the colors to your liking. In your case it might have another name in the form XX_something_theme. In my case, it is /etc/grub.d/06_mint_theme as I'm on a Mint distro. And yes, it totally ignores what you set in the GUI. You can customize the background and fonts by GUI tool Grub-Customizer, but its not beautiful. See the begin and end tags around it? That is the template from where grub customizer is obtaining the font color config. By default, Ubuntu boot loader grub doesnt use any theme. It will be something like this one: # BEGIN /etc/grub.d/06_mint_theme # Set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray For instance, this one not: if background_image /boot/grub/splash.png then Pick the one closest to the end of the file that is not inside an if. Search in grub.cfg for this text: 'set menu_color_normal'Д¬hances are that this line appears in a couple of places. This is exactly what grub customizer does, it makes the grub.cfg from the templates you have in CFG_DIR. # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub Similarly artists are not always fluent on properly editing grub theme files. # It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates You can do that either by editing boot grub2 grub. I am beginning to think there is something very wrong with my grub setup. At the top of the file you will see this warning: # Also when i do sudo update-grub, it says it is using the custom appearence settings, but when I load up grub-emu or reboot my pc, it does still not show up. Open your /boot/grub/grub.cfg in read only mode. In the dialog that opens check the CFG_DIR line to know where is the grub config directory for your system. In Grub customizer, go to File > Change environment This file provides a place to add additional entries or commands and does not require regeneration of the main grub.cfg file.

#Grub theme customization how to

Here is how to change font colors easily: /boot/grub/custom.cfg: GRUB2 shell script: Maybe: The /etc/grub.d/41custom script will reference this file to be read in at boot time if it exists. I was only able to change the image background. Yep, Grub Customizer didn't work for me as well in the latest Mint.