grub/efi boot: load unicode font for nice looking boot splash

The unicode fonts are necessary to get nice rounded corners and
alike in the boot splash, so try to use it by default.

This work was funded by Grml-Forensic.

diff --git a/templates/grub-shim_config b/templates/grub-shim_config
index fdfba5c..5515f2e 100644 (file)
--- a/templates/grub-shim_config
+++ b/templates/grub-shim_config
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ else
   return "$ret_"
 fi
 
+if [ -r "${TFTPD_DATA_DIR_}"/grub/fonts/unicode.pf2 ] ; then
+  echo "${TFTPD_DATA_DIR_}/grub/fonts/unicode.pf2 exists already, nothing to do."
+elif [ -r /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ] ; then
+  echo "Installing /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 for TFTP usage"
+  mkdir -p "${TFTPD_DATA_DIR_}"/grub/fonts/
+  cp /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 "${TFTPD_DATA_DIR_}"/grub/fonts/
+else
+  echo "WARN: No unicode.pf2 for usage with PXE boot found."
+fi
+
 echo "Setting up GRUB configuration for PXE/UEFI usage"
 mkdir -p "${TFTPD_DATA_DIR_}/grub/"
 cat > "${TFTPD_DATA_DIR_}/grub/grub.cfg" << EOT
@@ -58,6 +68,8 @@ set gfxmode=auto
 insmod gfxterm
 terminal_output gfxterm
 
+loadfont unicode
+
 set menu_color_normal=white/black
 set menu_color_highlight=black/yellow