From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1UcEyQ-00072O-Ks for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 May 2013 09:08:58 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:54598) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UcEyJ-0006sl-9j for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 May 2013 09:08:56 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UcEyD-0003Wx-Om for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 May 2013 09:08:51 -0400 Received: from mout.web.de ([212.227.17.11]:57318) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UcExM-00031O-FJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 May 2013 09:07:52 -0400 Received: from frosties.localnet ([95.208.119.3]) by smtp.web.de (mrweb102) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0LjJL9-1U6CrI1MDP-00d7fq for ; Tue, 14 May 2013 15:07:51 +0200 Received: from mrvn by frosties.localnet with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UcExC-00083B-5j for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 May 2013 15:07:42 +0200 Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 15:07:42 +0200 From: Goswin von Brederlow To: grub-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: Where is GRUB development? Message-ID: <20130514130742.GD27079@frosties> References: <20130513170714.GC14305@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <20130513220941.391f464d@opensuse.site> <20130513181650.GD14305@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <20130513195446.GE14305@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130513195446.GE14305@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:A2yLF1TERUJD0JTaPzc+iKVjZ6qqaXrb/0XVl/y6ZDg rlLake8bi0snHIpaKSSlJPoGwEZv/08kSy/4w9Gsnw53yCTgq8 1YsgXs/mwbmqij/gVbSdsj3WXglykiDaJ7BrKDuh4t0Dcjbf7i A9ln3uLP2AFUTYp3y+hxxnd41yWtQA/sZY2BjuMzzVrDA9HQ9P SlDbF36c7sD1zM4qr4Nrg== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 212.227.17.11 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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, 14 May 2013 13:08:56 -0000 On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 03:54:46PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 11:43:50AM -0700, Bruce Korb wrote: > > Well, my distro (openSuSE) generates a special entry for "rescue" > > mode, too. But it rescues me into run level 5. "init 3" will, > > indeed, drop me back to multi-user and "init 1" back to single user, > > but without a reboot, various dinkleberries were an interference. (I > > forget why -- perhaps a misperception. I'm not at home right now.) > > Well runlevels and their meanings are a user space issue. 1 is only > single user by tradition, it doesn't have to be. > > Really not something a boot loader can know or care about. > > > I have learned that in the grub2 menu mode, you can press "e" and all > > of a sudden you can edit the command line. It seems my request boils > > down to some documentation. In the menu code so when I'm looking at > > the menu, there should be something to indicate that I can press "e" > > and edit the line to include a "1" at the end of the line. I know > > that theoretically every operating system can have command line > > operands that are completely different. In practicality, however, > > they are 99.99% UNIX derivatives so pressing five keys to get to > > single user mode ought not be a big issue: e1 > > -- right? Not at home to try???. > > Hmm, I thought it was right on the screen that e was edit. I guess if > you use a graphical menu it might not be there. > > And of course you ahve to hit control-x to boot your custom entry as > far as I remember. I do remember the e for edit text too and once you are in edit mode the special keys like ctrl-x are listed too. Editing is also self explanatory. Cursor keys work, backspace and del work and other keys simply insert the text. But I use text mode too. So might the bug be that the graphical menu is missing the help text at the bottom? MfG Goswin