#How to change the grub theme how to#
#How to change the grub theme download#

GRUB 2 can use PNG, JPG/ JPEG and TGA images for the background. usr/share/images/desktop-base/kali-grub.png: PNG image data, 640 x 480, 8-bit/color RGB, this file is DEFINITELY a PNG image data, 640 x 480 dimension. file /usr/share/images/desktop-base/kali-grub.png

#How to change the grub theme download#

But at least now we can just replace that file and get it over with.īefore we do that we need to check the properties of this file /usr/share/images/desktop-base/kali-grub.png and ensure that we will download same type and dimension file. Which is in the same folder we started from. usr/share/images/desktop-base/kali-grub.png Lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Oct 8 00:27 /etc/alternatives/desktop-grub -> that’s confusing as! So /etc/alternatives/desktop-grub is another symbolic link which points back to Looks like I need to check that file and it’s properties as well. Lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Oct 8 00:31 /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png -> It’s just a symbolic link to /etc/alternatives/desktop-grub file? But /etc/alternatives/desktop-grub is not an image file. ls -l /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png Kali Linux GRUB splash imageĪs I use Kali Linux (cause I like to test things), I found that Kali is using a background image from here: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png

Now hang onto this info and we will soon revisit it. The file listed in the WALLPAPER line in /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme.The image specified in /usr/share/desktop-base/grub_background.sh.First image found in /boot/grub/ ( more images found, it will be taken alphanumerically ).GRUB_BACKGROUND line in /etc/default/grub.In grub-2.02, it will search for the splash image in the following order for a Debian based system: However, the part we’re interested is the background image part, in my case this is what I see (you will see exactly the same thing): Found background image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png GRUB splash image search order No volume groups you’re using a Dual Boot, Triple Boot then you will see GRUB goes in and finds other OS’es as well. If you run update-grub in a VMWare/VirtualBox, you will see something like this: update-grubįound background image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.pngįound linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.0.0-kali1-amd64įound initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.0.0-kali1-amd64 Users might have their own opinion but I always found that update-grub is the easiest way. This is usually the first issue everyone faces, where do I look? There’s a many ways to find GRUB settings. Kali dev team did few things that seems almost too much work, so in this article I will explain one of two things about GRUB and somewhat make this post little unnecessarily long and boring cause I like to write! So here goes … it’s actually Kali Linux GRUB splash image).

#How to change the grub theme how to#

This is a simple guide on how to change GRUB background in Kali Linux (i.e.