From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NSGMq-0008Lh-AY for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:51:04 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NSGMo-0008Iq-DM for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:51:02 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NSGMj-0008B0-4q for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:51:01 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46271 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NSGMj-0008Ak-1I for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:50:57 -0500 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.187]:59524) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NSGMi-0000jD-CM for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:50:56 -0500 Received: from [85.180.21.217] (e180021217.adsl.alicedsl.de [85.180.21.217]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu0) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0M21dP-1NlAzW41j1-00tf4b; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:50:54 +0100 From: Felix Zielcke To: The development of GNU GRUB In-Reply-To: <4B438BCA.60805@jamadots.com> References: <321078.3571.qm@web88205.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <4B437FCD.4040609@jamadots.com> <1262715378.2635.8.camel@fz.local> <4B438BCA.60805@jamadots.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:50:52 +0100 Message-ID: <1262724652.2635.14.camel@fz.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.29.3.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+dOZ3gEGXGNfU+/auNfx8ROVaOTHoSMT2/Wyf Zj7JXC3UuJ0/4iJDbMtXIt0pb/NueNxbcjfQ5ixxSuEB6dRpWf wka2z7CmCLRFX3GdXPjUw== X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: GRUB update problems X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:51:02 -0000 Am Dienstag, den 05.01.2010, 13:58 -0500 schrieb Henry W. Peters: > > Felix Zielcke wrote: > > Am Dienstag, den 05.01.2010, 13:07 -0500 schrieb Henry W. Peters: > > > >> I run Debian Lenny sid/squeeze, the updater this morning just > >> "updated" > >> my GRUB2 version... (not sure of the version). > >> > > > > normally it doestn't make sense to have stable (lenny), testing > > (squeeze) and unstable (sid) in /etc/apt/sources.list > > Usually you only use one of them. > > > > > >> I probably need to get the display resolution in GRUB to correspond > to > >> > >> my ACTUAL desktop resolution... I'm guessing; so, until GRUB works > >> out > >> what appears to me, to be a 'bug' (?), or I can know what to do to > >> remedy... perhaps there is a workaround someone can suggest? > >> > > > > I think you didn't set a device in the debconf prompt which asked > for > > one. > > You need to run grub-install to update it. Else the graphical > terminal > > won't get anymore enabled by update-grub/grub-mkconfig. > > > > And also check GRUB_GFXMODE in /etc/default/grub, which is the > > resolution for GRUB if the graphical terminal is enabled. > > > > > Not to seem ungrateful, but grubspeak is not too helpful at the > moment, > but nonetheless, I did try several of your suggestions (perhaps not > correctly, because of maybe not understanding too well?)" > > # grub-install > > This was the message I got... I have no clue as to what "grub-install > [OPTION] install_device" means... this is to say, what is the option? The device where you want to have GRUB in MBR/bootsector. I.e. /dev/sda or /dev/sdb etc. Choose the disk your BIOS boots from. Or if you don't know just install to all you have. > Then I did check the /etc/default/grub file, & this is what I got (I > took out the '# at the GRUB_GFXMODE=1440x900' & changed the > resolution... I tried doing an '#update-grub' both in the terminal > while > booted & at startup in the recovery mode. Nothing seems to change... > maybe it's the 'install_device not specified.' problem?? Well if running update-grub shows an error about video.lst, then you must run grub-install first. Else check the generated /boot/grub/grub.cfg It should contain something like that: if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then set gfxmode=1440x900 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 -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer