Bug#704493: closed by Colin Watson <cjwatson at debian.org> (Re: Bug#704493: GRUB_TERMINAL=console gets remembered?)

[jidanni at jidanni.org]

B> Sorry, but I don't think it's necessary to clutter the configuration
B> file to dispel everyone's possible misconceptions.  The info
B> documentation linked from the top of that file makes it quite clear that
B> this is a configuration file used in the process of generating grub.cfg,
B> from which it follows naturally that regenerating grub.cfg is sufficient
B> to apply any changes.

Well all I know is vanilla installations all have the fancy splash
screen, but I'm stuck for life with the plain text screen due to
something helpfully remembering the previous decisions :-(