Christmas Grub

**gldickens3** · 05-Dec-2011, 19:20

The Christmas grub screen is very cool. Thanks to all that made it happen!

**ken_yap** · 05-Dec-2011, 19:23

Wasted on me though, only reboot for a kernel update. Maybe I'll get to see it on my notebook.

**please_try_again** · 05-Dec-2011, 19:56

Oh my gosh!

Not again! How come Christmas has to come every year?

**jdmcdaniel3** · 05-Dec-2011, 20:36

I went back through my archive and found that you can use the following command to eliminate those pesky penguins.

Open up a terminal session and type in:

Code:

sudo gfxboot --change-config penguin=0

This is how it is set per my old information but I have not tried to change this in openSUSE 12.1 yet:

Code:


penguin theme likelihood in percent

1)   -1 = auto and shows up around Christmas time (default).
2)    0 = never as command above.
3) 100 = show penguins every time, for all real penguin lovers.

Thank You,

**please_try_again** · 05-Dec-2011, 21:06

Thank you, James.
I haven't updated my (only) 12.1 kernel yet, but I bet that's the important update they had in mind. I'm going to test your command as soon as I have seen what I'm going to be missing.

**christanthem** · 05-Dec-2011, 23:53

Love it!!! I see how some might not like it. Maybe if you give people a choice in the future if they want it or not? After all Linux is about freedom!
Thank you, I love it.

**please_try_again** · 06-Dec-2011, 04:12

It works (on both 11.4 and 12.1)

Code:

# gfxboot --show-config | grep penguin
; If the penguin screen is active, section 'penguin' is automatically added
; penguin theme likelihood (in percent, -1 = auto)
penguin=-1
[penguin]

# gfxboot --change-config  penguin=0

# gfxboot --show-config | grep penguin
; If the penguin screen is active, section 'penguin' is automatically added
; penguin theme likelihood (in percent, -1 = auto)
penguin=0
[penguin]

**riderplus** · 06-Dec-2011, 11:57

I thought someone broke into my computer

**jdmcdaniel3** · 06-Dec-2011, 17:31

Originally Posted by please_try_again

It works (on both 11.4 and 12.1)

Code:

# gfxboot --show-config | grep penguin
; If the penguin screen is active, section 'penguin' is automatically added
; penguin theme likelihood (in percent, -1 = auto)
penguin=-1
[penguin]

# gfxboot --change-config  penguin=0

# gfxboot --show-config | grep penguin
; If the penguin screen is active, section 'penguin' is automatically added
; penguin theme likelihood (in percent, -1 = auto)
penguin=0
[penguin]

Thanks for the info on working please_try_again. My openSUSE 12.1 VM starting showing the penguin startup this weekend, but I have not rebooted my real copy yet. I am undecided as to if I will modify the default or not. On one hand the Penguins are cute and on the other hand it is annoying. I am just enough in the middle of the road to just let it work as normal automatically knowing that all too soon, it will stop again.

Thank You,

**please_try_again** · 06-Dec-2011, 18:05

Originally Posted by jdmcdaniel3

On one hand the Penguins are cute and on the other hand it is annoying.

I love penguins in the Antarctic, not dancing around 30 boot entries on half a dozen computers around me. I don't need to mention how often I boot the wrong OS, with or without the dancing penguins actually. Btw I have a stuffed Tux sitting in a corner, but he's quite and doesn't disturb me.