I'm disappointed there hasn't been any activity to this topic yet.
Having a reboot into option would make Ubuntu just that much more
flexible.
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Actually, I'm not sure bootnext itself should be installed. I think
something should be integated into the fast user switcher instead.
bootnext is basically just a python script that uses zenity to prompt
the user, changes the savedefault for GRUB, and forcefully reboots.
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Also see grub-choose-default, which *is* packaged in Ubuntu.
http://digamma.cs.unm.edu/trac.dmohr/wiki/GrubChooseDefault
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but apparently conflicts with GRUB 2 :(
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Apparently the original script depends on the Red Hat consolehelper
command to let the user run the root commands (grub and shutdown -r).
What would be the equivalent in Ubuntu?
The ubuntuforums post uses gksudo, but I don't think that's really the
best. You don't need to enter a password to
Ideally, this functionality would just be built into the System menu or
fast user switch applet. This page shows a proposal for an updated
applet with this functionality included:
https://wiki.edubuntu.org/QuitAppletPlus If that is done, I don't care
whether this is packaged, since it would be
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Status: Incomplete = New
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bootnext is a Python script for Fedora that lets you reboot into another
OS directly by clicking on it in a list rather than waiting for the
machine to reboot and present the boot menu, by modifying GRUB's
** Description changed:
bootnext is a Python script for Fedora that lets you reboot into another
OS directly by clicking on it in a list rather than waiting for the
machine to reboot and present the boot menu, by modifying GRUB's
menu.lst.
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Instructions for installing it on Ubuntu:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2413019#13
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