Grub Customizer allows the user to add, remove, freeze, rename and reorder boot menu items. It will also allow changes to the Grub 2 configuration settings such as background image and menu timeout. For long-time users familiar with StartUp-Manager, this application performs many of the same capabilities with additional options.
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To install Grub Customizer open a terminal window (press Alt+F2 and type: gnome-terminal) and copy+paste the following lines:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install grub-customizer
To start Grub Customizer click on the Applications launcher in the left panel and type: grub-customizer
I installed this, but I don’t see any changes at all, I follow the video instructions and I still get the boring simple stuff that came with natty.
This is an application to make some small changes to your grub loader, the screen where you can select which os to start when having a dual boot system (windows and ubuntu). It allows you to remove kernels from the grub loader and if you click on the preferences button you can make some small changes to how your grub looks. You can change the background and text/menu colors. If you want to change the plymouth screen (the purple screen with the white ubuntu logo) you can try installing zorin splashscreen manager. This application can be used to change the… Read more »
It’s funny you mention the purple screen with the white ubuntu logo as I have never seen this screen while booting. Now I have noticed that if I shut down for the night, when I come back in the morning my screen where the kernels appear is purple background and the text is smaller, looks neat and clean. However, any other time if I reboot or shut down and turn on again it’s a black screen with white letters showing me the kernels. This screen is much rougher than the purple one. This one has bigger letters aswell. The one… Read more »
Some of the first things i always install for video playback are the medibuntu keyring, the ubuntu restricted extras and vlc:
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Medibuntu (Multimedia, Entertainment & Distractions In Ubuntu) is a repository of packages that cannot be included into the Ubuntu distribution for legal reasons (copyright, license, patent, etc). more about medibuntu
Ubuntu can play the most popular non-free media formats, including DVD, MP3, Quicktime, Windows Media, and more more about ubuntu restricted extras
check, check and check, I have all these I’m able to play mp3 and any type of audio format, not DVD’s though before anyone has a smart remark, yes I have a DVD player. I even did the whole region thing still nothing. I would like to be able to play dvds since my kids love watching movies usually at the time I’m watching the news or a movie.
Error mounting: mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sr0
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
in some cases useful info is found in syslog-try
dmesg | tail or so
This doesn’t tell me much I’m hoping it tells you anything.
It does sound familiar but i need to do some checking on the internet but i will have to get back on it tomorrow if you don’t mind.
no problem, Thanx I appreciate the help.
will do tinuz, I’ve been working, just got home, thanx I’ll add Martijn to my facebook and see how it goes
Hey tinuz I chat with martijn for a while yesterday, the dude knows his s—- i hope to be as good as him one day, nah better (quoting billy the kid when talking about pat garret, young guns). I seem to have problems with permissions I got cdrom0 permissions under my username, but the minute I insert the DVD it switches to root thus won’t play, error I have no permission to open file. we solve one problem which was mounting to the drive now it’s just that we tried a few things,but martijn said he tried the one’s he… Read more »
Hey mario, i have a surprise for you … hehehehe Martijn and tinuz are the same 🙂
tinuz is a nickname given to me many years ago.. I don’t know why they did it but it just happened….
I had a feeling, but wasn’t sure if I should ask. I guess it’s like a superhero kind of thing.
Iswork in ubuntu 10.10?
Yep it works on Ubuntu 10.10