Re: Grub1.99 error on start

[J E Garrott Sr]

On 05/20/11 16:33, Jordan Uggla wrote:
> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 5:42 PM, J E Garrott Sr<address@hidden>  wrote:
> > grub seems to work fine, but just before the menu comes up,
> > this message appears:
> >
> > "error:(hd0, msdos1)/usr/share/grub/generic.tga:2:205
> > missing seperator after property name I' _"
> >
> > It doesn't seem to relate to anything in the start
> > scripts in /etc/grub.d.   I am not an accomplished
> > programmer, so I am asking if anyone knows how
> > to get rid of it.
> >
> > Thanks, John
> >
> >
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> > From the error message it sounds like you're trying to use a grub
> theme which has a syntax error. Could you post your grub.cfg and
> theme.txt?
Bingo!  The error was in /etc/default/grub.   GRUB_THEME was defined
and I didn't notice it.  Only GRUB_BACKGROUND should have been
defined.

Thanks for setting me on the right track!

John