How To Change GRUB2 Background Image Or Splash Image In Ubuntu 12.04/11.10 LInux

Splash menu....?

This is the menu which comes first when u stat your system ,and this allows you to select the os. Now you can change the back ground of this screen to a picture or anything you want..


For that u need to install grub2splash images..

Now open the terminal and type

sudo apt-get install grub2-splashimages

GRUB spalsh images are stored in the /usr/share/images/grub folder, you can access it with this command:

sudo nautilus /usr/share/images/grub

Yup can have any image of your own for one condition that it should be TGA format

 edit now the /etc/default/grub file with this command:

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

At the end of the file, add this line:

GRUB_BACKGROUND=/usr/share/images/grub/YOUR-IMAGE.tga

Replace YOUR-IMAGE.tga with your custom image name.


When you finish, press CTRL+Q and save your file. Run now this command:

sudo update-grub

Restart now your computer to see if changes are successful ...

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