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I had an blank screen on the terminal-mode, via Ctrl-Alt-F1 (F1 - 6), on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and I followed the steps of izx and it worked, thx for that :) link to izx's solution

but now I have a black/white grub, which I don't like, so I was wondering if somebody can help me get my old grub back like this example from google:

(like this one)

And this,is how my GRUB looks right now:

I tried to edit my GRUB with the "grub customizer", but the resolution and colors don't change.

btw I'm relatively new to linux/Ubuntu :D

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  • Are you sure you didn't do something to install a new grub version on your computer? I also use 16.04 gut when I run grub-install --version I get grub-install (GRUB) 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.1 What I see on your screen looks like a quite old version. Also your linux kernel image is quite old. What do you get when you type lsb_release -a and uname -r in your terminal? – Karsus Jul 16 '16 at 19:54
  • grub-install only adds BIOS/UEFI-executable code the the hard drive, and has nothing to do with the configuration of GRUB. That configuration lies in /boot/grub/grub.cfg, which gets loaded everytime the computer boots up. There's something in there that changes GRUB to black/white. IDK what it is, but you can change it automatically with the solution I mentioned below. In other words, if your computer is booting just fine, there's no reason to mess with grub-install. – TSJNachos117 Jul 16 '16 at 20:11
  • the picture of that GRUB is from google, it's just an example how it looked on my system before :) – jnerc Jul 16 '16 at 22:54

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I'm afraid there's no way to do so, without completely reverting izx's solution. Basically, what has happened is GRUB is now in a safe mode of sorts. It no longer shows graphics that might be too complicated, since that might cause issues.

To undue this solution (and maybe try another), you could use sudo sed -i -e 's/GRUB_TERMINAL/#GRUB_TERMINAL/g' /etc/default/grub ; sudo update-grub That will allow you to get a pretty grub once again. However, if you are having trouble with TTY1-6, and izx's solution has helped, it might just be worth it to keep GRUB plain-looking.

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Install plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text with the command 

sudo apt install plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text

and then make this the default for text.plymouth entry using this command

sudo update-alternatives --config text.plymouth

Select the entry which says /usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth by pressing the number beside this entry and hitting Enter.

Then use this command sudo update-initramfs -u -v and reboot to see changes.

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