From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NSF6e-0000KP-00 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:30:16 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NSF6b-0000H0-DN for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:30:13 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NSF6W-000096-9i for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:30:12 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60406 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NSF6W-00008k-1q for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:30:08 -0500 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:35607) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NSF6V-0004DA-Dk for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:30:07 -0500 Received: from qsmtp2.america.net ([69.60.160.245]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NSF6S-0005iM-6j for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:30:04 -0500 Received: from [74.221.55.209] (helo=[192.168.1.64]) by qsmtp2.america.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NSEbk-0002XV-J6 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:58:20 -0500 Message-ID: <4B438BCA.60805@jamadots.com> Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:58:18 -0500 From: "Henry W. Peters" User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090706) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB References: <321078.3571.qm@web88205.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <4B437FCD.4040609@jamadots.com> <1262715378.2635.8.camel@fz.local> In-Reply-To: <1262715378.2635.8.camel@fz.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by mx20.gnu.org: Windows 98 (1) X-Greylist: delayed 1900 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at nadesico; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:30:03 EST X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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 19:30:14 -0000 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 install_device not specified. Usage: grub-install [OPTION] install_device Install GRUB on your drive. -h, --help print this message and exit -v, --version print the version information and exit --modules=MODULES pre-load specified modules MODULES --root-directory=DIR install GRUB images under the directory DIR instead of the root directory --grub-setup=FILE use FILE as grub-setup --grub-mkimage=FILE use FILE as grub-mkimage --grub-mkdevicemap=FILE use FILE as grub-mkdevicemap --grub-probe=FILE use FILE as grub-probe --no-floppy do not probe any floppy drive --recheck probe a device map even if it already exists --force install even if problems are detected --disk-module=MODULE disk module to use INSTALL_DEVICE can be a GRUB device name or a system device filename. grub-install copies GRUB images into the DIR/boot directory specified by --root-directory, and uses grub-setup to install grub into the boot sector. Report bugs to . 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? 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?? # If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update # /boot/grub/grub.cfg. GRUB_DEFAULT=0 GRUB_TIMEOUT=30 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian` GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="splash vga=795" # Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only) #GRUB_TERMINAL=console # The resolution used on graphical terminal # note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE # you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo' GRUB_GFXMODE=1440x900 # Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux #GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true # Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries #GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY="true" >> & one more note, I also had a problem with GRUB (or what ever...) when >> I >> hit the restart/shut down routine... it would sometimes only do a log >> off, & then I would have to do a restart from the log on screen, >> well... >> it's back with this recent version of GRUB. >> > > This has nothing to do with GRUB. > >> Any helpful help appreciated. >> >> Henry >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> > >