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Grub boot problem, help please
by Cesar 16 May '10

16 May '10

Hi, I wonder if anybody could please advice me on a booting issue. I have double hard disk computer, which I was using with either Ubuntu or Windows depending on the need of the moment. I have been using the F10 option at start-up to select the Windows HD when needed. After upgrading to the latest version of Ubuntu, I cannot boot in Windows any more. While I was upgrading, "Grub" software opened options, and I most likely selected the wrong ones. Now when the computer boots, only does it in Ubuntu, even if I select Windows option. Even selecting the HD of Windows with the F10 option, still doesn't boot on Windows, it just get stopped on a black screen. For the grub version : ada(a)ada-desktop:~$ dpkg -l grub\* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ un grub <none> (no description available) ii grub-common 1.98-1ubuntu5 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (common un grub-coreboot <none> (no description available) un grub-doc <none> (no description available) un grub-efi <none> (no description available) un grub-efi-amd64 <none> (no description available) un grub-efi-ia32 <none> (no description available) un grub-emu <none> (no description available) un grub-ieee1275 <none> (no description available) un grub-legacy <none> (no description available) un grub-legacy-do <none> (no description available) un grub-linuxbios <none> (no description available) ii grub-pc 1.98-1ubuntu5 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS un grub2 <none> (no description available) Here is a copy of the grub.cfg # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### 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 recordfail { set recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi } insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8af1e583-20e8-459f-94b6-2e1c12a7e952 if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then set gfxmode=640x480 insmod gfxterm insmod vbe if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't # understand terminal_output terminal gfxterm fi fi insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8af1e583-20e8-459f-94b6-2e1c12a7e952 set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale set lang=en insmod gettext if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then set timeout=-1 else set timeout=10 fi ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### set menu_color_normal=white/black set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8af1e583-20e8-459f-94b6-2e1c12a7e952 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=8af1e583-20e8-459f-94b6-2e1c12a7e952 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic } menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8af1e583-20e8-459f-94b6-2e1c12a7e952 echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=8af1e583-20e8-459f-94b6-2e1c12a7e952 ro single echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" { insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8af1e583-20e8-459f-94b6-2e1c12a7e952 linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin } menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" { insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8af1e583-20e8-459f-94b6-2e1c12a7e952 linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8 } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (on /dev/sdb1)" { insmod ntfs set root='(/dev/sdb,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e29010fc9010d8bd drivemap -s (hd0) ${root} chainloader +1 } ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change # the 'exec tail' line above. ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### Help will be very much appreciated. Regards Cesar Waksman

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Dell, ubuntu 10.4, Phillips 21"
by Andrew Crosby 08 May '10

08 May '10

Hi I am having trouble with a ubuntu 10.4 install, the problem is sometimes it detects the display, and changes to its native res (something like 2048x1560) however other times it doesn't and then default to 1024x768, this wouldn't be a problem if it just stuck with one all the time, but it seams to take liberties about when it chooses with res to go with, and as this is a pc for my parents, it is somewhat annoying, any ideas? Cheers Andrew (PS, its a fairly boring intel on board graphics chipset)

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Some cheap, good Linux games for you (DRM Free)
by Liz Quilty 07 May '10

07 May '10

This is the best promo ever, i thought the games were so good i ended up donating more money. 5 good Linux,Mac,Windows games for a donation. http://www.wolfire.com/humble Liz

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O'Reilly donation
by John Billings 06 May '10

06 May '10

We received a donation of 5 new books from O'Reilly: * Learning Perl http://library.wlug.org.nz/show.pl?id=69 * Ubuntu Up And Running http://library.wlug.org.nz/show.pl?id=68 * Version Control w/ Git http://library.wlug.org.nz/show.pl?id=66 * The Ruby Programming Language http://library.wlug.org.nz/show.pl?id=67 * Mastering Regular Expressions http://library.wlug.org.nz/show.pl?id=65 Books will be available at our upcoming meetings. Thanks to O'Reilly for donating these books, Marsee and Kristin over there were very helpful getting these out to us. http://oreilly.com/ Check out their DRM free ebooks: http://oreilly.com/ebooks/ Cheers, John

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meeting topic this month.
by John Billings 05 May '10

05 May '10

A few people at the workshop last Saturday mentioned they might be interested in presenting at our regular meeting. Will be the 24th this month. AFAIK there is nothing planned, so anyone have any suggestions, want to follow up? Thanks, John

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Acer 5315 Laptop overheating with ubuntu 10.04 32 biit
by Ron Dean 04 May '10

04 May '10

One of the fixes I've found on the net is to edit the grub2 file which has a basic emacs editor they suggest we add a line acpi=off however I don't seem to be able to save it. What command should I use? cntrl + s doesn't seem to work Ron Dean

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WLUG Fixit Meeting is today!
by Meeting Reminder bot 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

A reminder, the WLUG Fixit Meeting is today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday May 1st, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://www.wlug.org.nz/TeWhanauPutahi) the community church at the end of Oxford Street. We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee and light lunch, etc. Also since this will be shortly after the release of Lucid Lynx, we'll have a bit of party food and make this a Lucid Lynx Release Party. Special appearance from Tux the penguin (Cairo) who will be handing out little chocolate fish to anyone who wants them. http://softwarefreedomday.org/gallery/2007/newzealand/hamilton?action=Attac… Ubuntu ISOs wanted: * Kubuntu * DVD images zcat has; * ubuntu-10.04-alternate-amd64.iso * ubuntu-10.04-alternate-i386.iso * ubuntu-10.04-desktop-amd64.iso * ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso John has: * ubuntu-10.04-netbook-i386.iso * xubuntu-10.04-alternate-i386.iso Download From: * Torrents, if you can (it helps keep the load down on the http/ftp mirrors) * http://ftp.citylink.co.nz/ubuntu-releases/ * http://mirror.ihug.co.nz/ubuntu-releases/

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Saturday workshop / Lucid Release Party TOMORROW!
by Bruce Kingsbury 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

I don't know what's happened to the Wlug Reminder Bot, but it doesn't seem to have picked up tomorrow's meeting. I've bought some party food already and just downloading the ISO's now. Saturday May 1st, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi, the community church at the end of Oxford Street. We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee and light lunch, etc. Also since this will be shortly after the release of Lucid Lynx, we'll have a bit of party food and make this a Lucid Lynx Release Party.

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[OT] local support for small (Win) network
by Michael Doerner - TechnologyWise 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

Apologies for this OT posting but I prefer and hope to find the right person or company through a local Linux user group rather searching through Yellow Pages or similar. I hope this is OK. We are a systems integrator in Tauranga. As much as we like to use Open Source (especially Linux based servers), real life means we often have to deal with the Windows world as well. For an existing customer from Tauranga, we will setup a new office in Hamilton, a small LAN with three Windows7 machines, a multifunction printer and one machine being the peer to peer server with a USB backup device. All pretty normal stuff. The only Open Source there, at least for the beginning will be OpenOffice, Thunderbird and Firefox. Ideally we are looking for a local company (or maybe single person) who wants to help us as their local support in case they need someone on-site. If there is any interest, please contact me directly (NO replies to this list please). Thank You. Michael Doerner TechnologyWise Ltd | Tauranga / NZ michael(a)tw.co.nz | www.technologywise.co.nz

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Software Patents
by John Billings 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

Just following up on last nights meeting where we watched Patent Absurdity, I mentioned Andrew Tridgell's talk at LCA this year. You can get the video of it here: http://2009.r2.co.nz/20100118/50091.htm He has some no nonsense advice for Free Software developers in dealing with patents. Cheers, John

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