Re: Alternatives to grub and lilo? was grub2 menu problems
> On 23 Apr 2014, at 17:33, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > However, a lot of > experienced Linux users prefer Syslinux. I'd like to revisit syslinux at some point. It works well on boot USBs etc. Add my voice to the chorus of folks not happy with grub2. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/f83ab7de-02fb-4a41-b3f0-db78c5482...@debian.org
Re: Alternatives to grub and lilo? was grub2 menu problems
On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 12:18:50 -0400 (EDT), Steve Litt wrote: > > I considered going back to LILO, but it still has no understanding of > filesystems: It's easy to bork and hard to fix. Not as hard as Grub 2 > though. I did switch back from grub2 to lilo, and I'm glad I did. I actually like lilo's file-system-agnostic approach. And these days, with the kernel and initramfs hooks in place, it's much harder to bork it than it used to be. See my lilo web page below for more information: http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/lilo.htm > > Is there a simpler bootloader that works with Linux? I don't want GUI. > I don't want a framebuffer. I don't want a splash screen. And I don't > want to wade through seven files to turn those things off. Basically, > I'd like something like LILO that understands ext4. The closest thing I know to what you describe above is extlinux. It is packaged for Debian by a package of the same name. You might want to check it out. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/686154249.967877.1398389756299.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
Re: Alternatives to grub and lilo? was grub2 menu problems
On Thu, 2014-04-24 at 10:05 -0400, Tom H wrote: > On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 4:38 AM, Kruppt wrote: > > On 2014-04-23, Steve Litt wrote: > >> > >> Is there a simpler bootloader that works with Linux? I don't want GUI. > >> I don't want a framebuffer. I don't want a splash screen. And I don't > >> want to wade through seven files to turn those things off. Basically, > >> I'd like something like LILO that understands ext4. > > > > There are patched versions of Grub Legacy out there that > > *understand* ext4 and the use of UUID's. > > The last versions of Fedora's grub1 (IIRC in F15) could read an ext4 > filesystem so you could get its src.rpm, unpack, and rebuild it. I suspect that grub legacy from Debian/*buntus is able to boot into ext4 too, since I used grub legacy. I only switched to grub2, because I tried to boot FreeBSD without a chainload ... in the end I chainloaded FreeBSD. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1398353281.701.51.camel@archlinux
Re: Alternatives to grub and lilo? was grub2 menu problems
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 03:35:18PM +0200, maderios wrote: >> On 04/23/2014 06:18 PM, Steve Litt wrote: >> >> >Now, with grub 2, I need to be an expert on seven or so files that get >> >processed into one big one, which acts as the config. I don't mind >> >> You need to edit only one file: /etc/default/grub >> Then >> update-grub >> and it works... > > Which, when it comes down to it, is no really any different to editing > /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf and running update-exim4.conf (which I > don't see people complaining about) Or editing the "AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST" section in "/boot/grub/menu.lst" and running "update-grub" for grub1. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=SwX93w5kJ0wRVT=ag+vuqghefyj7svodycfy3byme2...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Alternatives to grub and lilo? was grub2 menu problems
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 4:38 AM, Kruppt wrote: > On 2014-04-23, Steve Litt wrote: >> >> Is there a simpler bootloader that works with Linux? I don't want GUI. >> I don't want a framebuffer. I don't want a splash screen. And I don't >> want to wade through seven files to turn those things off. Basically, >> I'd like something like LILO that understands ext4. > > There are patched versions of Grub Legacy out there that > *understand* ext4 and the use of UUID's. The last versions of Fedora's grub1 (IIRC in F15) could read an ext4 filesystem so you could get its src.rpm, unpack, and rebuild it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=SyLdKYUxEHSxeixRRVLejYkMOZCB806aFj1zQMQz49=j...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Alternatives to grub and lilo? was grub2 menu problems
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 03:35:18PM +0200, maderios wrote: > On 04/23/2014 06:18 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > >Now, with grub 2, I need to be an expert on seven or so files that get > >processed into one big one, which acts as the config. I don't mind > > Hi > You need to edit only one file: /etc/default/grub > Then > update-grub > and it works... Which, when it comes down to it, is no really any different to editing /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf and running update-exim4.conf (which I don't see people complaining about) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Alternatives to grub and lilo? was grub2 menu problems
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > Grub used to be good software. Predictable, non-surprising, one config > file you edited with an editor. Those days are gone. > > Now, with grub 2, I need to be an expert on seven or so files that get > processed into one big one, which acts as the config. I don't mind > acquiring expertise for something important like LaTeX for writing > books or Python for making my computer do my bidding, but I don't want > to spend hours or days gaining expertise just for a program telling the > computer the kernel and initrd locations, and a few other things. With > gui, splash screens, frame-buffers, and all sorts of other gobblty-gook. > > I considered going back to LILO, but it still has no understanding of > filesystems: It's easy to bork and hard to fix. Not as hard as Grub 2 > though. > > Is there a simpler bootloader that works with Linux? I don't want GUI. > I don't want a framebuffer. I don't want a splash screen. And I don't > want to wade through seven files to turn those things off. Basically, > I'd like something like LILO that understands ext4. You don't need to understand all of grub's files in order to use it. You just have to set the options that you want in "/etc/default/grub" and run "update-grub". If you want to create a hand-crafted menu entry, you can edit "/etc/grub.d/40_custom". And that's it. If the above isn't allowing you to boot, then file a bug report. The splash screen isn't a function of the bootloader but of the kernel cmdline. Try "GRUB_TERMINAL="console" and "GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX="text" in "/etc/default/grub" for a text console. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=SwDTjYQv7coo0WeNPHR4RYjC10B0h=0q75o+vxtpcs...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Alternatives to grub and lilo? was grub2 menu problems
On 04/23/2014 06:18 PM, Steve Litt wrote: Now, with grub 2, I need to be an expert on seven or so files that get processed into one big one, which acts as the config. I don't mind Hi You need to edit only one file: /etc/default/grub Then update-grub and it works... -- Maderios -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53591316.5060...@gmail.com
Re: Alternatives to grub and lilo? was grub2 menu problems
On 2014-04-23, Steve Litt wrote: > On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:54:22 +0600 > Muntasim Ul Haque wrote: > >> When I press Enter then it boots into Windows 8 without any problem. >> So I don't have any big issue here except Windows 8 is detected as >> Windows Vista and that occurrence of error message. So what's the >> remedy? > > Grub used to be good software. Predictable, non-surprising, one config > file you edited with an editor. Those days are gone. > > Now, with grub 2, I need to be an expert on seven or so files that get > processed into one big one, which acts as the config. I don't mind > acquiring expertise for something important like LaTeX for writing > books or Python for making my computer do my bidding, but I don't want > to spend hours or days gaining expertise just for a program telling the > computer the kernel and initrd locations, and a few other things. With > gui, splash screens, frame-buffers, and all sorts of other gobblty-gook. > > I considered going back to LILO, but it still has no understanding of > filesystems: It's easy to bork and hard to fix. Not as hard as Grub 2 > though. > > Is there a simpler bootloader that works with Linux? I don't want GUI. > I don't want a framebuffer. I don't want a splash screen. And I don't > want to wade through seven files to turn those things off. Basically, > I'd like something like LILO that understands ext4. > > Thanks, > > SteveT > > Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ > Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance > > There are patched versions of Grub Legacy out there that *understand* ext4 and the use of UUID's. I know that a LiveCD Debian varient called Mepis, the latest of the 8.5 versions has this patched version of GRUB Legacy. If you downloaded their latest 8.5 LiveCD you could install this patched version of Legacy Grub from the LiveCD. (Without having to install OS) Also the LiveCD version of ArchBang pre systemd had a patched version of Grub Legacy also. Sorry don't remember the "version", just remember that it was the version pre systemd, as they changed to GRUB2 after that point in time. I'm sure there are other places to find this patched version of Grub-Legacy, I just don't remember them at this point in time. I use both Grub2 and Grub Legacy myself. I have not messed yet with any UEFI or EFI systems, so can not comment on that. In my case I use Grub Legacy (installed MBR and first ext partition on HDD's) and install all GRUB2 to the root partition of all other GNU/Linux installs on drives. I can boot directly to any of the other Linux installs from Grub-Legacy or chainload to GRUB2 for it's added features if need be. (boot directly from ISO's etc.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140424034325.730@0.0.0
Re: Alternatives to grub and lilo? was grub2 menu problems
On 04/23/2014 09:18 AM, Steve Litt wrote: On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:54:22 +0600 Muntasim Ul Haque wrote: When I press Enter then it boots into Windows 8 without any problem. So I don't have any big issue here except Windows 8 is detected as Windows Vista and that occurrence of error message. So what's the remedy? Grub used to be good software. Predictable, non-surprising, one config file you edited with an editor. Those days are gone. Now, with grub 2, I need to be an expert on seven or so files t That is why I am still using lilo. I can understand the lilo.conf file! Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53589978.40...@gmail.com
Re: Alternatives to grub and lilo? was grub2 menu problems
On Wed, 2014-04-23 at 23:25 +0300, Aaro Koskinen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 12:18:50PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> > Is there a simpler bootloader that works with Linux? I don't want GUI.
> > I don't want a framebuffer. I don't want a splash screen. And I don't
> > want to wade through seven files to turn those things off. Basically,
> > I'd like something like LILO that understands ext4.
>
> It should be still possible with GRUB2. I don't use any of those either,
> and my grub.cfg is like:
>
> linux ...
> initrd ...
> boot
Currently, my manually edited grub.cfg does look like the one below. No
splash screens and other crap, I just didn't care about all unneeded
crap and some entries are strange, because I'm lazy and used provided
software to transform a menu.lst to a grub.cfg.
[rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ cat /mnt/debi386/boot/grub/grub.cfg
# 2014-Apr-21
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
}
function load_video {
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
}
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos15)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 3f6ced07-7c5d-4466-8914-50614b25126f
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
load_video
insmod gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos15)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 3f6ced07-7c5d-4466-8914-50614b25126f
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en_US
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos15)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 3f6ced07-7c5d-4466-8914-50614b25126f
insmod png
if background_image /usr/share/images/desktop-base/joy-grub.png; then
set color_normal=white/black
set color_highlight=black/white
else
set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
menuentry 'Debian,Linux 3.8.13-rt14-pae-rocketmouse-2' --class
debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
load_video
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos15)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
3f6ced07-7c5d-4466-8914-50614b25126f
echo'Loading Linux 3.8.13-rt14-pae-rocketmouse-2 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.13-rt14-pae-rocketmouse-2
root=UUID=3f6ced07-7c5d-4466-8914-50614b25126f ro quiet
echo'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.8.13-rt14-pae-rocketmouse-2
}
menuentry 'Debian,Linux 3.12-0.bpo.1-rt-686-pae' --class debian
--class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
load_video
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos15)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
3f6ced07-7c5d-4466-8914-50614b25126f
echo'Loading Linux 3.12-0.bpo.1-rt-686-pae ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.12-0.bpo.1-rt-686-pae
root=UUID=3f6ced07-7c5d-4466-8914-50614b25126f ro quiet
echo'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.12-0.bpo.1-rt-686-pae
}
menuentry 'Debian,Linux 3.8.13.14-rt30-pae-rocketmouse-1'
--class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
load_video
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos15)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
3f6ced07-7c5d-4466-8914-50614b25126f
echo'Loading Linux 3.8.13.14-rt30-pae-rocketmouse-1 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.13.14-rt30-pae-rocketmouse-1
root=UUID=3f6ced07-7c5d-4466-8914-50614b25126f ro quiet
echo'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.8.13.14-rt30-pae-rocketmouse-1
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-4-rt-686-pae' --class debian
--class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
load_video
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos15)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
3f6ced07-7c5d-4466-8914-50614b25126f
echo'Loading Linux 3.2.0-4-rt-686-pae ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-rt-686-pae
root=UUID=3f6ced07-7c5d-4466-8914-50614b25126f ro quiet
echo'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-rt-686-pae
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-4-rt-686-pae (recovery mode)'
--class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
load_video
insmod gzio
in
Re: Alternatives to grub and lilo? was grub2 menu problems
Hi, On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 12:18:50PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > Is there a simpler bootloader that works with Linux? I don't want GUI. > I don't want a framebuffer. I don't want a splash screen. And I don't > want to wade through seven files to turn those things off. Basically, > I'd like something like LILO that understands ext4. It should be still possible with GRUB2. I don't use any of those either, and my grub.cfg is like: linux ... initrd ... boot A. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140423202547.gb...@drone.musicnaut.iki.fi
Re: Re: grub2 menu problems
> - Original Message - > From: Muntasim Ul Haque > Sent: 04/24/14 12:43 AM > To: mailingl...@darac.org.uk > Subject: Re: Re: grub2 menu problems > > I'm using Debian Wheezy and grub2 is default here. And I do not have Windows > Vista installed. It's just as I told you, grub2 detected Windows 8 as Windows > Vista. Other than the problem of grub2 failing to detect Windows 8 properly, you are able to boot into Windows 8, is that correct? If yes, I would leave it at that if I were you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140423192552.292...@gmx.com
Re: Re: grub2 menu problems
I'm using Debian Wheezy and grub2 is default here. And I do not have Windows Vista installed. It's just as I told you, grub2 detected Windows 8 as Windows Vista. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5357edb2.8080...@iut-dhaka.edu
Re: Alternatives to grub and lilo? was grub2 menu problems
On Wed, 2014-04-23 at 12:18 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:54:22 +0600 > Muntasim Ul Haque wrote: > > > When I press Enter then it boots into Windows 8 without any problem. > > So I don't have any big issue here except Windows 8 is detected as > > Windows Vista and that occurrence of error message. So what's the > > remedy? > > Grub used to be good software. Predictable, non-surprising, one config > file you edited with an editor. Those days are gone. > > Now, with grub 2, I need to be an expert on seven or so files that get > processed into one big one, which acts as the config. I don't mind > acquiring expertise for something important like LaTeX for writing > books or Python for making my computer do my bidding, but I don't want > to spend hours or days gaining expertise just for a program telling the > computer the kernel and initrd locations, and a few other things. With > gui, splash screens, frame-buffers, and all sorts of other gobblty-gook. > > I considered going back to LILO, but it still has no understanding of > filesystems: It's easy to bork and hard to fix. Not as hard as Grub 2 > though. > > Is there a simpler bootloader that works with Linux? I don't want GUI. > I don't want a framebuffer. I don't want a splash screen. And I don't > want to wade through seven files to turn those things off. Basically, > I'd like something like LILO that understands ext4. Pff, I'm using grub2 and I edit grub.cfg directly. However, a lot of experienced Linux users prefer Syslinux. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1398270782.4909.7.camel@archlinux
Alternatives to grub and lilo? was grub2 menu problems
On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:54:22 +0600 Muntasim Ul Haque wrote: > When I press Enter then it boots into Windows 8 without any problem. > So I don't have any big issue here except Windows 8 is detected as > Windows Vista and that occurrence of error message. So what's the > remedy? Grub used to be good software. Predictable, non-surprising, one config file you edited with an editor. Those days are gone. Now, with grub 2, I need to be an expert on seven or so files that get processed into one big one, which acts as the config. I don't mind acquiring expertise for something important like LaTeX for writing books or Python for making my computer do my bidding, but I don't want to spend hours or days gaining expertise just for a program telling the computer the kernel and initrd locations, and a few other things. With gui, splash screens, frame-buffers, and all sorts of other gobblty-gook. I considered going back to LILO, but it still has no understanding of filesystems: It's easy to bork and hard to fix. Not as hard as Grub 2 though. Is there a simpler bootloader that works with Linux? I don't want GUI. I don't want a framebuffer. I don't want a splash screen. And I don't want to wade through seven files to turn those things off. Basically, I'd like something like LILO that understands ext4. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140423121850.065c18a2@mydesk
Re: grub2 menu problems
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 05:54:22PM +0600, Muntasim Ul Haque wrote: >Hi, >I dual-booted Debian with Windows 8. Windows 8 is shown as Windows Vista >in grub menu. When I select that Windows Vista and press the Enter key, an >error message occurs saying: > >error: no argument specified >press any key to continue... > >When I press Enter then it boots into Windows 8 without any problem. So I >don't have any big issue here except Windows 8 is detected as Windows >Vista and that occurrence of error message. So what's the remedy? What version of grub and/or os-prober are you using? It may simply be that you're using a version which is too old to know what "Windows 8" is. Alternatively, it may be that there's no reliable way to differentiate between Vista and 8 from a booting perspective (though this is unlikely; what if you were triple-booting Linux, Vista and 8? You'd want to be able to differentiate the two). > >With thanks, >Muntasim Ul Haque signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: grub2 menu problems
What are the specifications of your hardware? - CPU (brand and model) - chipset (brand and model) - RAM (brand, model and capacity) - hard disk drive (brand, model and capacity) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140423135137.25...@gmx.com
grub2 menu problems
Hi, I dual-booted Debian with Windows 8. Windows 8 is shown as /Windows Vista/ in grub menu. When I select that Windows Vista and press the Enter key, an error message occurs saying: * error: no argument specified** **press any key to continue...* When I press Enter then it boots into Windows 8 without any problem. So I don't have any big issue here except Windows 8 is detected as Windows Vista and that occurrence of error message. So what's the remedy? With thanks, Muntasim Ul Haque
Re: GRUB Menu Problems After Reinstalling Windows
Scott Ferguson wrote: > Muntasim-Ul-Haque wrote: > > I dual-booted Debian with Windows. I reinstalled my Windows and now the > > GRUB menu does not appear. How can I fix this without reinstalling > > Debian again? > > With thanks, > > Muntasim-Ul-Haque > > Use the rescue option on the installation CD/DVD > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch08s07.html.en Yes. For slightly more information there are recent postings about how to use rescue mode. (Full disclosure: This is one of mine.) https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/01/msg00218.html Use rescue mode to get to the menu item "Execute a shell in /dev/...". That will get you a root shell on your previous system. At that point install grub again. Probably this but inspect and use the appropriate for your system. grub-install /dev/sda Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: GRUB Menu Problems After Reinstalling Windows
On 29/12/13 01:50, Muntasim-Ul-Haque wrote: > Hi, > I dual-booted Debian with Windows. I reinstalled my Windows and now the > GRUB menu does not appear. How can I fix this without reinstalling > Debian again? > With thanks, > Muntasim-Ul-Haque Use the rescue option on the installation CD/DVD http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch08s07.html.en Kind regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52beed29.1050...@gmail.com
GRUB Menu Problems After Reinstalling Windows
Hi, I dual-booted Debian with Windows. I reinstalled my Windows and now the GRUB menu does not appear. How can I fix this without reinstalling Debian again? With thanks, Muntasim-Ul-Haque
menu problems after upgrading sawfish
Hello, I've upgraded sawfish to 1.3+cvs20040617-3, and now the programs menu contains only a few items like xterm, emacs, gv, xcalc, netscape. update-menus doesn't seem to have any effect (it worked with the previous version). I've tried a couple of suggestions from README.Debian and debian-user archives, but couldn't find a solution for my problem. Any idea? Thanks in advance, Baurjan. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Blender menu problems
On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 22:17:05 +, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 09:45:30PM +, John Stevenson wrote: > > I am running the testing distribution of Debian and have > > problems with the application 'blender'. > > > > On launching the program it automatically spans the whole > > screen, seems to work outside of the window manager (i.e. no > > window decoration) That's a bug? I thought it was a feature. When you're running it you probably don't want to be running anything else. I've seen this behaviour even in blender-non-free. So if at all it's an upstream bug. FWIW my WM is fluxbox, running at 800x600 resolution. > > and most importantly the menus are drawn (when selected) > > about quater of the screen down. I can't confirm that one. My Blender menus drop down just like the menus of any typical Gnome or KDE program. The main difference I see is that to access another menu or a submenu you have to click at it (i.e. no hover to activate). > Looks a bit like bug #174617, perhaps. If you think not (I'm > not familiar with blender), then please file a new bug report. > > http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Blender menu problems
On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 09:45:30PM +, John Stevenson wrote: > I am running the testing distribution of Debian and have problems with > the application 'blender'. > > On launching the program it automatically spans the whole screen, seems > to work outside of the window manager (i.e. no window decoration) and > most importantly the menus are drawn (when selected) about quater of the > screen down. Looks a bit like bug #174617, perhaps. If you think not (I'm not familiar with blender), then please file a new bug report. http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Blender menu problems
I am running the testing distribution of Debian and have problems with the application 'blender'. On launching the program it automatically spans the whole screen, seems to work outside of the window manager (i.e. no window decoration) and most importantly the menus are drawn (when selected) about quater of the screen down. I have not tried blender since using testing and the only thing I have added to testing is the new gnome2.2 debs from: ## Backport of Gnome2 for Woody deb http://mirrors.evilgeniuses.org.uk/debian/backports/woody gnome2.2/ deb-src http://mirrors.evilgeniuses.org.uk/debian/backports/woody gnome2.2/ Any clues?? John. __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[jpb@cybertours.com: Re: menu problems]
On Sun, Jan 23, 2000 at 11:30:38AM -0500, eric k. wolven wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Menus in all my windowmanagers are incomplete and some applications don't > work.Eg, netscape doesn't respond even from the commandline, much less the > menu. The app starts then...nada. menu_2.1.5-2.1_i386.deb and plugger_3.2-1_i386.deb seem to be bad. If you did an apt-get upgrade you probably got them. In my case I went to /var/cache/apt/archives and the old ones were there, so I removed the latest ones, installed the older ones, and I was all set. Good luck. -- Thank you, Joe Bouchard Powered by Debian GNU/Linux (Slink)
Re: menu problems
On 23/1/2000 eric k. wolven wrote: Menus in all my windowmanagers are incomplete and some applications don't work.Eg, netscape doesn't respond even from the commandline, much less the menu. The app starts then...nada. Any help would be appreciated. have you tried running update-menus, as your uid? what exactly is happening when you try and run netscape from the command line? do you get command not found or does it give an error? you should see something! have you tried running the real netscape binary instead of the wrapper script "netscape" ? (its in /usr/lib/netscape somewhere, called something like netscape-blah.smotif.real or some other such thing) apparently a recent update to plugger for netscape has been causing Bus errors, removing it solves it. without more info its hard to give suggestions! -- Ethan Benson To obtain my PGP key: http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/pgp/
Re: menu problems
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Dear All: Got console keyboard problem fixed--went to kdb and re-configured--duh! I still don't know how it happened... Problem 2, still remains. Menus in all my windowmanagers are incomplete and some applications don't work.Eg, netscape doesn't respond even from the commandline, much less the menu. The app starts then...nada. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, eric k. wolven -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: noconv Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.4, an Emacs/PGP interface iQB1AwUBOIssp8aVl6CLtWIhAQEneQMAsv7TlLtWPfhgs/GGeH9twHUa7KfPhLKr 57WIJNAnZ77JuYZI9cgfmgyJ/wk6eckxrfpLflY1Y9jkJhAWO4ZKwobBy5i446CH R9WTCAJ2VoyEjjHaN1EIYPE5Kz9N9Oyi =Qg1U -END PGP SIGNATURE-
menu problems
Somehow my menus from within X got messed up. All of the games are in the root menu. So when i pop up the menu it goes off the top and bottom of the screen. I tried running 'update-menus' and also tried installing some applications that would cause the menu to update automagically but it is still messed up. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance, Mason
