Re: Working with grub2... update-grub in F16 ?

2011-11-08 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 11/09/2011 09:12 AM, linux guy wrote: > WOW ! Where is this all documented ? I was wrong on about 10 > counts by reading the ubuntu doc ! > > I *REALLY* appreciate you taking the time to answer my post. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Grub2 has some notes. Rahul -- users mailing list us

Re: Working with grub2... update-grub in F16 ?

2011-11-08 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 11/09/2011 08:34 AM, linux guy wrote: > I think it should be \*, not /*, but that doesn't find a match either. update-grub is a Debian specific patch. It is not part of upstream Grub2 nor in Fedora or other non-Debian derived distributions. Rahul -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproj

Re: Working with grub2... update-grub in F16 ?

2011-11-08 Thread linux guy
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 8:36 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote: > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 8:21 PM, linux guy wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 8:04 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth >> wrote: >> >>> The second way is to edit /boot/grub2/grub.cfg, locate the line >>> starting with "linux" of the newest kernel, and

Re: Working with grub2... update-grub in F16 ?

2011-11-08 Thread Konstantin Svist
On 11/08/2011 07:04 PM, linux guy wrote: > $ yum whatprovides '/*update-grub' > Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit > adobe-linux-i386/filelists > | 140 kB 00:03 > fedora/filelists_db > | 19 MB 00:27 > rpmfusion-free/filelists_db >

Re: Working with grub2... update-grub in F16 ?

2011-11-08 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 8:21 PM, linux guy wrote: > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 8:04 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth > wrote: > >> The second way is to edit /boot/grub2/grub.cfg, locate the line >> starting with "linux" of the newest kernel, and add the kernel >> argument ("usbhid.quirks=0x0eef:0x725e:0x40") to

Re: Working with grub2... update-grub in F16 ?

2011-11-08 Thread linux guy
Method A worked like a charm.I didn't try method B. Thanks, again. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

Re: Working with grub2... update-grub in F16 ?

2011-11-08 Thread linux guy
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 8:04 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote: > The second way is to edit /boot/grub2/grub.cfg, locate the line > starting with "linux" of the newest kernel, and add the kernel > argument ("usbhid.quirks=0x0eef:0x725e:0x40") to the end. a) The banner at the top of the grub.cfg file s

Re: Working with grub2... update-grub in F16 ?

2011-11-08 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/08/2011 07:04 PM, linux guy wrote: > I think it should be \*, not /*, but that doesn't find a match either. That's probably because it's supposed to be */ as yum tells you if it doesn't find anything. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription

Re: Working with grub2... update-grub in F16 ?

2011-11-08 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 8:04 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote: > The first way is just a simple command: > sudo grubby --update-kernel=/boot/vmlinuz-$(uname -r) > --args="usbhid.quirks=0x0eef:0x725e:0x40" Unfortunately, my mailer split that command into two lines. It should be entered all on one line

Re: Working with grub2... update-grub in F16 ?

2011-11-08 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 7:30 PM, linux guy wrote: > I am trying to get the touchscreen to work directly on a Dell Duo. > > I found the following article which uses grub2 to do this. > > http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.com/2011/08/howto-linux-on-dell-inspiron-duo.html > > I have followed the directions

Re: Working with grub2... update-grub in F16 ?

2011-11-08 Thread linux guy
$ yum whatprovides '/*update-grub' Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit adobe-linux-i386/filelists | 140 kB 00:03 fedora/filelists_db | 19 MB 00:27 rpmfusion-free/filelists_db | 228 kB 00:00 rpmfusion-free-updates/filelis

Re: Working with grub2... update-grub in F16 ?

2011-11-08 Thread Konstantin Svist
On 11/08/2011 06:30 PM, linux guy wrote: > $ yum whatprovides update-grub > No Matches found That syntax is wrong, it should be: yum whatprovides '*/update-grub' -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.or

Working with grub2... update-grub in F16 ?

2011-11-08 Thread linux guy
I am trying to get the touchscreen to work directly on a Dell Duo. I found the following article which uses grub2 to do this. http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.com/2011/08/howto-linux-on-dell-inspiron-duo.html I have followed the directions and everything works fine until I reach "update-grub". Bash