Thanks for your reply. I have managed to modify the background image, “back.jpg” in the archive, and by editing “gfxboot.cfg” in the archive, I have been able to change the position of the text and the maximum number of entries, but I still have not been able to get the bootloader screen to use the full width of my monitor. Is this because my monitor is of unusual dimensions - 1920x1080 - i.e. 16:9 format?
The OpenSuse documentation on this: Gfxboot - openSUSE, "gfxboot relies on the VESA Video BIOS for setting a video mode. So please be aware that not all screen sizes you have on your KDE or GNOME desktop are available. If in doubt, check:
hwinfo --framebuffer
for a list of modes". This gives me:
None 00.0: 11001 VESA Framebuffer
[Created at bios.459]
Unique ID: rdCR.83hARQZ5923
Hardware Class: framebuffer
Model: “NVIDIA G73 Board - p508h0”
Vendor: “NVIDIA Corporation”
Device: “G73 Board - p508h0”
SubVendor: “NVIDIA”
SubDevice:
Revision: “Chip Rev”
Memory Size: 256 MB
Memory Range: 0xe0000000-0xefffffff (rw)
Mode 0x0300: 640x400 (+640), 8 bits
Mode 0x0301: 640x480 (+640), 8 bits
Mode 0x0303: 800x600 (+800), 8 bits
Mode 0x0305: 1024x768 (+1024), 8 bits
Mode 0x0307: 1280x1024 (+1280), 8 bits
Mode 0x030e: 320x200 (+640), 16 bits
Mode 0x030f: 320x200 (+1280), 24 bits
Mode 0x0311: 640x480 (+1280), 16 bits
Mode 0x0312: 640x480 (+2560), 24 bits
Mode 0x0314: 800x600 (+1600), 16 bits
Mode 0x0315: 800x600 (+3200), 24 bits
Mode 0x0317: 1024x768 (+2048), 16 bits
Mode 0x0318: 1024x768 (+4096), 24 bits
Mode 0x031a: 1280x1024 (+2560), 16 bits
Mode 0x031b: 1280x1024 (+5120), 24 bits
Mode 0x0330: 320x200 (+320), 8 bits
Mode 0x0331: 320x400 (+320), 8 bits
Mode 0x0332: 320x400 (+640), 16 bits
Mode 0x0333: 320x400 (+1280), 24 bits
Mode 0x0334: 320x240 (+320), 8 bits
Mode 0x0335: 320x240 (+640), 16 bits
Mode 0x0336: 320x240 (+1280), 24 bits
Mode 0x033d: 640x400 (+1280), 16 bits
Mode 0x033e: 640x400 (+2560), 24 bits
Mode 0x0345: 1600x1200 (+1600), 8 bits
Mode 0x0346: 1600x1200 (+3200), 16 bits
Mode 0x0347: 1400x1050 (+1400), 8 bits
Mode 0x0348: 1400x1050 (+2800), 16 bits
Mode 0x0352: 2048x1536 (+8192), 24 bits
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
My resolution is not mentioned. Note that they are all 4:3 resolutions with the exception of ‘1280x1024’, which is 5:4
Does this mean that nothing can be done about this? If there is something I can try, any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
By the way, the syntax for opening the /boot/message archive has changed slightly.
To open code:
:~> cpio -i </boot/message
To repack the modified archive cd to the home folder that contains it and code:
:~> find . | cpio -o >/boot/message