How to REMOVE the EDGE in Grub 2.02?

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Hi!

How can I REMOVE the edge [white-box] in Grub 2.02? (See picture)

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I used "grub-customizer" for my Ubuntu-Mate 18.04-2 and the edge [white-box] shows special characters with $ when I use a background-picture.

Sorry, I have no picture for that.

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The short answer is you cannot remove it. IMHO the most probable reason is that grub now is using wrong character set. Some more information can be found here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB/Tips_and_tricks
namely:

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Oh, the following link might be of the interest too:

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@mate2go
It appears this has nothing to do with fonts.
see terminal-box - console decoration link
http://wiki.rosalab.ru/en/index.php/Grub2_theme_tutorial

Coordinates of the console are constant and hard-coded. They can be changed using a patch

At first glance, to apply any patch woud mean downloading the source
patching the source
compiling the source
direct injection or creating a deb file

with the risk you break your boot loader and need a live cd/usb to
re-install grub 2 into the MBR

I assume you will not take that risk? :sunglasses:

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Thanks for the infos :slight_smile:

That was my problem with the edge of Grub menu:

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I've done it again with Grub Customizer and use another font from another theme and now the edge of the menu is linear.

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Do not forget to mark your question as 'solved', please.

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Thanks for the infos and help.
(SOLVED)

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You can also change theme of grub easily. For example, check this one below. Instructions for terminal:

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Thanks @ Philippe...