How to install a Grub from gnome-look.org?.

keos · 2018-11-20 14:19:36

Hi,

I have been trying to install a new grub from www.gnome-look.org in particular the one called:

Griffin Grub Remix 1.5

https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1237117/

This are the instructions:

####INSTALLATION

1-Move the extracted file to /boot/grub/themes (create if not present)

-- I created this file as #thunar, it was not possible as a normal user to move the file extracted to 'themes'.

2-Make the "Install-ubuntu.sh" file executable by "chmod +x Install.sh" and Run the script by "sudo ./Install.sh"(For Debian or Ubuntu and their derivatives)

'Install.sh' is a file that is inside Griffin-Grub-Remix but I got this problem:

root@kaos:/home/keos# LANG=C chmod +x Install.sh
chmod: cannot access 'Install.sh': No such file or directory
root@kaos:/home/keos#

I never did something like this before, i suppose i'm doing wrongness ...

i will appreciate any help with this ...

Thanks!

Last edited by keos (2018-11-20 14:26:19)

keos · 2018-11-20 16:08:06

That's the problem for me, i don't understand this instructions, the file is not there ... well, where is?

keos@kaos:~$ whereis Install.sh
Install:
keos@kaos:~$

keos · 2018-11-20 17:10:42

Of course!

keos · 2018-11-21 13:02:52

I'm not sure about the instructions, this is what i did:

keos@kaos:~$ LANG=C chmod +x Install.sh
chmod: cannot access 'Install.sh': No such file or directory
keos@kaos:~$

Ogis1975 · 2018-11-21 14:03:05

keos wrote:

Of course!

You should be more cautious with unclear content scripts. Such "helpers" can irreparably damage the system.

keos · 2018-11-21 15:32:12

Well, in the mean time i already installed another grub from gnome-look.org https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1252310/ [just i don't like it] the instructions are very clear and i was able to do the task:

Install:
 
Download and extract Anonymous-Hope.zip >
 
Copy the extracted folder to /boot/grub/themes >
 (use 'sudo mkdir /boot/grub/themes' if you dont have a 'themes' folder)
 
Add the following line to /etc/default/grub >
 GRUB_THEME="/boot/grub/themes/Anonymous-Hope/theme.txt"
 (use 'sudo gedit /etc/default/grub')
 
Update your grub.cfg >
 (use 'sudo update-grub')
 
If you did everything rite, you will see:
 Generating grub configuration file ...
 Found theme: /boot/grub/themes/Anonymous-Hope/theme.txt
 
Done!

I don't understand why the author of [Griffin Grub] is doing something different, more complicated, at the last commentary he said: "You should have run the install.sh script for installing".

In other way it looks to me that there are different ways or methods of installation, there is not a general rule or wherever, that is what bring confusion to me ...

Thanks!

Last edited by keos (2018-11-21 15:34:12)

golinux · 2018-11-21 16:32:19

Ogis1975 wrote:

You should be more cautious with unclear content scripts. Such "helpers" can irreparably damage the system.

^^^ This. I have refrained from posting to this thread because sometimes learning takes experiential knowledge. If it borks the system or worse it will be more a memorable lesson than a caution from someone who has been there and done that.

keos · 2018-11-21 17:38:02

I'm agree with you golinux, sometimes that is the only way, it happened to me before that ... and it is not going be the last time that ...

cynwulf, of course i tried, but it doesn't work here ... may be there is something wrong with the way he is asking for the installation of his grub, there is another user having problems too with ...

Panopticon · 2018-11-22 01:43:48

The grub tips and tricks area is a helpfull resource ,

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GR … and_tricks

Last edited by Panopticon (2018-11-22 01:51:46)

keos · 2018-11-23 14:43:27

Hi,

Tricks not always works. I went to the section: “theme”, from this document, i did as they said:

# nano /etc/default/grub

GRUB_THEME="/usr/share/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt"

It says later that:

"you will see Found theme: /usr/share/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt in the terminal.»

It never happened:

root@kaos:/home/keos# thunar
root@kaos:/home/keos# nano /etc/default/grub
root@kaos:/home/keos# nano /etc/default/grub
root@kaos:/home/keos# update-grub
Generando un fichero de configuración de grub...
Encontrada imagen de linux: /boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-8-amd64
Encontrada imagen de memoria inicial: /boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-8-amd64
Encontrada imagen de linux: /boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-7-amd64
Encontrada imagen de memoria inicial: /boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-7-amd64
Encontrado MX 17 Horizon (17) en /dev/sda3
hecho
root@kaos:/home/keos#

This is the only grub that works from this website -- and i tried many of ...

you will see below the line (spanish/Encontrado=founded):

«Encontrado tema: /boot/grub/themes/Anonymous-Hope/theme.txt»

root@kaos:/home/keos# nano /etc/default/grub

root@kaos:/home/keos# update-grub
Generando un fichero de configuración de grub...
Encontrado tema: /boot/grub/themes/Anonymous-Hope/theme.txt
Encontrada imagen de linux: /boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-8-amd64
Encontrada imagen de memoria inicial: /boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-8-amd64
Encontrada imagen de linux: /boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-7-amd64
Encontrada imagen de memoria inicial: /boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-7-amd64
Encontrado MX 17 Horizon (17) en /dev/sda3
hecho

Just in case, yes, i uncommented the line for Anonymous/grub when added ...

To me it is over, there is something very wrong ...

Thank you very much for your help!.

Last edited by keos (2018-11-23 14:51:13)

Panopticon · 2018-11-23 15:31:09

Hi Keos,

Maybe MX17 has control over grub configs. Are you modifying the config files from MX17 or Devuan?

If you have installed MX17 first and installed grub to /dev/sda with MX17 then you need to modify the theme from MX17 i believe.

Currently i have Crows Devuan installed 1st to boot and use Crowz Devuan grub boot files, so if were to modify any other dual booting systems grub configs (themes etc) on other partitions i would need to install grub to the HDD from those partitions and have the grub configs run from there.

Last edited by Panopticon (2018-11-23 15:38:15)

keos · 2018-11-23 16:09:51

Well as you know i'm far away to be an expert, but i don't think that there is a problem with MXLinux since, as you can see, i was able to install and run Anonymous/grub without any problem.

  GNU nano 2.7.4                     Fichero: /etc/default/grub                                  

# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
#   info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
GRUB_THEME="/boot/grub/themes/Anonymous-Hope/theme.txt"

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE

^G Ver ayuda    ^O Guardar      ^W Buscar       ^K Cortar txt   ^J Justificar   ^C Posición
^X Salir        ^R Leer fich.   ^\ Reemplazar   ^U Pegar txt    ^T Ortografía   ^_ Ir a línea

Last edited by keos (2018-11-23 16:19:37)

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How to install a Grub from gnome-look.org?.

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