GRUB2: set Super Mario as startup tune

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echo "GRUB_INIT_TUNE=\"1000 334 1 334 1 0 1 334 1 0 1 261 1 334 1 0 1 392 2 0 4 196 2\"" | sudo tee -a /etc/default/grub > /dev/null && sudo update-grub

2011-04-12 12:47:04

User: stanix

Functions: echo sudo tee

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GRUB2: set Super Mario as startup tune

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sudo bash -c 'echo "GRUB_INIT_TUNE=\"480 165 2 165 2 165 3 554 1 587 1 554 2 370 1 554 1 523 2 349 1 523 1 494 3 165 2 165 2 165 2\"" >> /etc/default/grub && update-grub'

2011-05-02 12:06:49

User: slayer_ftw

Functions: bash sudo

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GRUB2: set Super Mario as startup tune

I'll let Slayer handle that. Raining Blood for your pleasure.

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untested, but if this works, the awesomeness could only be exceeded by changing the startup tune to the imperial death march

Comment by linuxrawkstar 352 weeks and 4 days ago

Can anyone confirm if this works?

Comment by leovailati 352 weeks and 4 days ago

This feature is documented at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 , so it's for real. It is worth pointing out that the docs say that the Grub menu will not be displayed until after the music is done playing. Be aware of this when composing long into tunes.

Comment by smithadmin 352 weeks and 4 days ago

yes, it works!

Comment by cd1 352 weeks and 3 days ago

Does this work in Fedora14?

Comment by dtolj 352 weeks and 1 day ago

@dtoli if you hav grub2 installed then yes!

What I'm interested in knowing is, will it work in burg? I'm going to try it out later.

Comment by sinisterstuf 352 weeks ago

@sinisterstuf: it works for burg

replace grub by burg and it will work

Comment by halohell 351 weeks and 6 days ago

Found elsewhere: GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 900 2 1000 2 800 2 400 2 600 3" for the "Close Encounters" greeting message. Sure would be nice to cat /dev/dsp somehow to test these tunes without rebooting.

Comment by Mozai 350 weeks and 5 days ago

"sure would be nice to ..." Ha! instead of waiting, I figured it out myself. Pity that the GRUB2 wiki is down, else I'd add it there. It's too long to be a one-liner; pity I can't use it to curry favour with this website.

tune="480 900 2 1000 2 800 2 400 2 600 3";

f="";tmpdir=$(mktemp -d);for d in $tune;do if [ ! "$t" ];then t=$d;elif [ ! "$f" ];then f=$d;else sox -U -r 8000 -n -t raw - synth $(echo "$d*(60/$t)"|bc -l) sine $f >>$tmpdir/grubtune.ul;f="";fi;done;sox -c1 -r 8000 $tmpdir/grubtune.ul $tmpdir/grubtune.au;play -q $tmpdir/grubtune.au;/bin/rm -r $tmpdir

Comment by Mozai 350 weeks and 5 days ago

Hint: divide/multiply every second number by 2 to get a lower/higher octave :)

Comment by stanix 350 weeks and 1 day ago

Amazing. This worked like a charm

Comment by nssy 349 weeks and 5 days ago

Star Wars Imperial Death March:

GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 4 440 4 440 4 349 3 523 1 440 4 349 3 523 1 440 8 659 4 659 4 659 4 698 3 523 1 415 4 349 3 523 1 440 8"

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Comment by sputnick 344 weeks and 4 days ago

tee is used when you need to print to STDOUT _and_ a file. Using it with sudo like this just adds an unneeded program into the mix. The alternative, passing all the commands to sudo as a string to be execute by bash, is somewhat better but still awkward.

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