General :: Chainload Into A System In A Fully Loaded Windows Desktop?
May 4, 2010
Out of curiosity, can you chainload a Linux system via a Windows executable within Windows at the ordinary desktop?Knowing windows there would be enough holes to write at any memory address without "permission", but can it be done with a humble executable? Or is Windows just too active, without the chance of nothing happening at any one pointo that everything can be exited cleanly non-existent?I'm not asking for a program or guide to do this and neither do I aim to do it. As I've stated it is all out of curiosity on whether or not some sort of protection is in place to stop this kind of thing
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Feb 16, 2010
I need to run another little GUI application xyz after Firefox gets loaded up fully. How do i find that firefox has fully loaded?If i runQuote:
#!/bin/sh
firefox
xyz
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Mar 20, 2011
I've long been looking for a way to make an ISO out of a CD I have, write it to a partition and boot it with grub2. I understand that doing that is non-trivial so I decided to go a different route (for now). I extracted the contents of the CD (iso9660) onto a NTFS partition (/dev/sda6). The CD has several things on it, it first loads a text-based screen that has options to either boot the first HDD, boot to a Windows PE environment, or boot some isolinux-based utlities. I've observed the following on in its root directory:
/boot/BCD
/boot/bootsec.exe (and others)
/ezboot/*.ezb
/isolinux/isolinux.bin (and others)
/bootmgr
So based on what I see when I boot the CD, and the files I'm seeing on it, the EZboot loads first, then either the Windows PE bootloader or ISOLinux depending on what you pick. I have grub installed onto it's own dir and it works fine for linux. When I ran grub-mkconfig it found a Windows Bootloader on /dev/sda6 but when booting to it the machine resets. So the Question is: Can I chainload EZBoot? If not, can I chainload Windows PE and add a menuentry for ISOLinux?
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May 6, 2009
I recently installed Ubuntu 9.04 on my Inspiron 1520 laptop. Everything works fine except when I try to enable desktop effects. When I click on it a progress bar comes up saying (searching for drivers) then the screen flickers and finally a message comes up saying DESKTOP EFFECTS COULD NOT BE LOADED.
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Mar 1, 2011
I've got a problem with my 3G modem [Huawei E122].
It has internal storage and kernel assigns a device [/dev/sdX] to it.
Because of that, every second time my machine will not boot - kernel panic - as my usb hdd gets assigned /dev/sdb instead of /dev/sda.
I cannot use LABEL nor UUID in root= kernel parameter, as it is only available when using initrd, and I can't use it - I am using Debian on my router - mips architecture machine.
I have to prevent this from happening, as my router has to start everyday and I have to be sure it works ok. I don't have physical access to restart it when something goes wrong.
I don't use my modem internal storage, there's no SD card inserted. However kernel detects the reader and loads it.
I can not prevent loading od usb drivers since my hdd is on USB as well.
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Feb 25, 2010
How can I access files of my Windows desktop from Ubuntu desktop while using Ubuntu?
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Feb 25, 2010
This has happened to me twice in a row while installing kubuntu 9.10 on the same machine:I get the OS installed and it prompts me to reboot the machine. I do so. On the first reboot, the KDE login screen never loads, and I just get a blank black screen.I then do a hard reset. From there, everything appears to work. I use the machine for awhile and all is well. For whatever reason, I end up rebooting, and when I log back in to KDE, not only do I not get my custom wallpaper, but I also don't get any desktop icons, a taskbar, etc.Right-clicks don't even work. The only thing that was loaded both times was the terminal that I had left open the last time.
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Sep 11, 2009
I'm running a Dell D630 laptop that uses the onboard intel i915 chipset for both audio and video. This is in a docking station that's connected up to a larger monitor. The laptop boots just fine as it has been for quite a while now. I get to the login prompt, enter my credentials and then after pressing enter and it looks like it's going to load my profile, the wallpaper updates but then the screen goes black for a moment and I'm then brought back to the login prompt again. The system is up on the network so I was able to ssh into it and capture the following from the logs during a login attempt.
Sep 11 08:03:27 jdesilets kernel: [drm:i915_gem_object_unbind] *ERROR* Attempting to unbind pinned buffer
Sep 11 08:03:27 jdesilets kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
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Jan 29, 2011
When I load a fresh install of Fedora 14 on my system that the desktop doesn't load completely? It goes as far as giving me the desktop with a background, the icons and status bar do not appear. I am able to right click and open a konsle terminal but only when I am in KDE (failsafe)
What is weird is initially I had no problem. But when I switched to a different monitor the desktop would not load correctly. I have reinstalled the OS since then and still have the same issue.
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May 25, 2011
Similar to this: How to "hibernate a process" under Linux/Windows? Are there any methods to hibernate a process in a way that it doesn't stay in memory? E.g.: If I don't want to use Firefox, and don't want to close the process of it, and I need free memory, then how can I really hibernate the process so the memory reserved by Firefox is freed up? I need solution for both Windows and Linux!
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Apr 6, 2011
I am once again trying to get a fully functional desktop at work without a dual boot setup. One issue is file searching. I have looked at beagle, tracker and Google Desktop. I am currently testing Google Desktop and it appears to work well, but it is not integrated into nautilus and it appears to not index my email in evolution that is accessed via an exchange server.
Beagle appears dead. Tracker looks promising, but I can't tell if it integrates into Nautilus currently without rebuilding Nautilus. If you use Tracker, can you tell me how it works with Nautilus, mapped cifs drives on windows servers and evolution in exchange mode. Also, the current version of tracker is 0.10.6, but on 10.04 only 0.6.X is available and Natty looks poised to ship with 0.8.X. Is there any advantage to compiling it? Are there Ubuntu specific tweaks that are lost if you go with source?
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Apr 11, 2011
i am running on the livecd right now and want to know how to fully install and replace windows
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Aug 22, 2010
I just updated both my KDE 3.5.10 and KDE 4.5 today (OpenSuse 1.11). The problem that I have now is that the Plasma Desktop is loaded automatically after KDE 3.5 has started. So, depending on where I click or what I do, plasma and kdesktop fight for the control of my desktop.
I searched in every corners of my KDE 3.5 --and a bit in KDE 4 since somebody forced kdm4 on me-- but I haven't found who or what starts "plasma-desktop". Definitively not me! I can kill it safely but that's very irritating.
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Mar 25, 2010
I performed a fresh install on my computer and everything seemed to work just fine. I then rebooted the machine and the first thing the comp asked for was a username and password in a command prompt. I entered my info and then the comp just sat there showing my username and @ubuntu (or something that i can't remember right now - I am at work). What command do i need to enter to get to the installed desktop. I actually wanted to install Ubuntu Studio but the computer i was on had an old DVD drive that was not working well and would not allow itself to be detected. Then I tried loading the ISO data on a USB but that did not fly either. I ended up using unetbootin to load the data my usb but then the install wanted to download data from the web rather than my thumbdrive. how to A) get in to my Ubuntu desktop and B)get the studio version loaded up once i have access to the desktop?
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Jan 22, 2010
I have a dell d800 laptop using a hp 802abg nic and it doesn't properly initialize until gnome desktop is loadedI'm using 128 bit key and a hidden network name.I would like to have wireless networking running before /etc/rc.local is executed at boot time to connect to nfs shares.after gnome is loaded and I login to user account, wireless networking starts and connects.When I set inittab to 3 and boot machine, ifconfig and iwcfg report card doesn't exist, when I then telinit 5 and start x/gnome card gets properly setupis it possible the card doesn't get initialize3ed because the network key needs to be entered in a file somewhere that the boot sequence can access it and init the card properly?
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Oct 6, 2010
Lucid Lynx clean install.I do not seem to get the login screen from powerdown now. I do after logging off and logging back in again.From switched off, I get taken to my desktop and it is only a little while later, usually when starting Thunderbird or FireFox that I get asked for my password with this massagePlease Unlock The Login KeyringThe Login Keyring Did Not Get Unlocked When You Logged On
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Apr 5, 2010
I am unable to get a Brother MFC-5460CN printer to print on a fully updated F12 system. Everything looks normal in Administration | Printing. All fields match the format shown on the Brother site. The printer status is updating correctly so there is communication to the printer. But jobs just queue and eventually show as printed but nothing is actually printed. There are no other printers. Here is the output in /var/log/messages from plugging in the printer and trying to print a document:
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Apr 4 21:23:34 localhost kernel: usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4
Apr 4 21:23:34 localhost kernel: usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=04f9, idProduct=01b7
Apr 4 21:23:34 localhost kernel: usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=3
Apr 4 21:23:34 localhost kernel: usb 2-2: SerialNumber: BROJ6F904373
Apr 4 21:23:34 localhost kernel: usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice .....
I followed the instructions on the Brother Linux drivers page and all the rpms loaded without error. But the log is showing some type of key problem.
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Jan 10, 2011
Built new system and installed openSUSE 11.3 x86_64 with Gnome desktop about 6 weeks ago. Have never been able to get the system to shutdown or fully poweroff using the installed OS. If I use the Knoppix live CD - no problem. System boots up fine and shuts down and powers off correctly. With the installed OS, it originally crashed on shutdown and had to power off using the power button. After trying many things, the OS shuts down, powers off the fans etc, but the keyboard is still lit. I cannot restart the system without turning off power at the power supply. Starting my computer by turning off the power supply switch, waiting
10-12 seconds, turning on the power supply switch and then hitting the power button gets to be very annoying after a few weeks.
Installed KDE and switched to that to see what difference it might make. System does not shutdown, but reboots instead. Switched back to Gnome. Have tried sudo /sbin/shutdown -h now and poweroff. Identical behaviour. System is completely up-to-date. BIOS, kernel, video drivers.
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Jul 20, 2011
a server at work has been accessed through the desktop environment as root. I know this is a risk and since I have never done it before I was wondering if there are any files created by the desktop that could compromise the system and how could I clean it up.
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Jul 10, 2011
Is there a way to have drag and drop access between Linux and a Windows remote desktop connection?
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Apr 20, 2011
I'm thinking of getting Trinity Desktop Environment . code...
But say it is Legacy why is that?
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Apr 6, 2010
I'm a student and I'm already able to access the university's Linux machines from Windows using a combination of Putty and Xwindows with Cygwin. The computers I'm ssh-ing into have Ubuntu on them. Is there a way to remote access them to get the entire desktop? Like having a virtual OS window, but be using a remotely accessed computer. Is there anyway to do this or should I just settle with the X11 forwarding through Putty? Thanks!
EDIT - Just wanted to mention that these are public lab computers so I can't just have myself logged in with a remote desktop set up and waiting. I'd need something that allows me to log in remotely as well on the server without needing to to change what's on the computer there.
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May 26, 2010
Debian 2.6.32 Squeeze + GnomeI try to start System | Administration | Services and I get an error:The configuration could not be loadedAn unknown error occurredI turned on a whole bunch of different services and suddenly now I can't get back in to switch any of these on or off. I'm assuming there is some manual way of switching these off again, I just don't know where to do this.
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Jan 24, 2010
I am currently rebuilding a couple laptops and a desktop to dual boot Windows and Suse 11.2. Windows is installed on partition 1. On the laptops, the build goes fine and dual boot with grub is OK. No issues. But on the desktop, the exact same build (after all the on-line updates, etc) fails with "Operating system not found" on the final (and first) boot. It seems that the Suse 11.2 build is somehow resetting the active partition and the boot does not see grub or Windows. When I reset partition #1 back to "active, only Windows loads. So I guess I need to fix this by reinstalling grub. Or use the Windows boot loader.
(1) Where is grub located on my system?
(2) What partiton is the Linux master Boot record If I wanted to use the Windows boot loader and do the following command to grab the 512 bytes I need:
dd if=/dev/sna? of=grub.bin bs=512 count=1
My partition layout is below. This is output from gdisk.exe in DOS7. It's an 80gig drive.
1 = Windows-7
2 = /boot
3 = swap
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Nov 23, 2010
I have /var/log/audit and /var/log/audit.log owned by root and 600 permissions. I've also removed and made an empty /var/log/audit directory when that did not we work either. I can start the service after boot up, but it is not coming up automatically even when configured by chkconfig. I also get this after I attempt a restart...
Stopping auditd: [ OK ]
Error deleting rule (Operation not permitted)
Starting auditd: [ OK ]
The audit system is in immutable mode, no rules loaded
A tail of my /var/log/messages shows this...
Nov 23 16:45:18 hostname kernel: type=1302 audit(1290548718.524:73): item=1 name="/var/run/auditd.pid" inode=131143 dev=fd:01 mode=0100644 ouid=0 ogid=0 rdev=00:00 obj=user_u:object_r:var_run_t:s0
Nov 23 16:45:18 hostname kernel: type=1300 audit(1290548718.618:74): arch=c000003e syscall=87 success=no exit=-2 a0=7fff730b2f85 a1=7fff730b2f85 a2=2 a3=0 items=1 ppid=6243 pid=6248 auid=1111 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=pts1 ses=1 comm="rm" exe="/bin/rm" subj=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0 key="delete"
Nov 23 16:45:18 hostname kernel: type=1307 audit(1290548718.618:74): cwd="/"
Nov 23 16:45:18 hostname kernel: type=1302 audit(1290548718.618:74): item=0 name="/var/run/auditd.pid" inode=131073 dev=fd:01 mode=040755 ouid=0 ogid=0 rdev=00:00 obj=system_u:object_r:var_run_t:s0
Nov 23 16:45:18 hostname kernel: type=1300 audit(1290548718.620:75): arch=c000003e syscall=87 success=yes exit=0 a0=7fff9b776f81 a1=7fff9b776f81 a2=2 a3=0 items=2 ppid=6243 pid=6249 auid=1111 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=pts1 ses=1 comm="rm" exe="/bin/rm" subj=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0 key="delete"
Nov 23 16:45:18 hostname kernel: type=1307 audit(1290548718.620:75): cwd="/"
Nov 23 16:45:18 hostname auditd[6260]: Started dispatcher: /sbin/audispd pid: 6262
Nov 23 16:45:18 hostname audispd: af_unix plugin initialized
Nov 23 16:45:18 hostname audispd: audispd initialized with q_depth=80 and 1 active plugins
Nov 23 16:45:18 hostname auditd[6260]: Init complete, auditd 1.7.17 listening for events (startup state enable)
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Nov 3, 2010
I upgraded from Ubuntu Desktop 10.04 to Ubuntu Studio 10.04 and running a dual boot system with Windows. On the grub screen there are four listings now for Ubuntu. Two recover modes and two ubuntu modes. Is this normal? Going to reboot and see if I can get a picture of it.
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Apr 29, 2010
I have installed RipperX and the Lame MP3 encoder, as well as Oggenc. I noticed that Ripperx plugins are loaded at boot. The thing which concerns me is that there are multiple instances of a plugin witht the same name showing in system monitor( or ps command). There are about 15 processes alone with the name "plugin-Lame."
Here's the output of ~$ ps x
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Are these actually different? Or do I really have redundant instances running? I'm concerned because I have an old system with limited RAM, and all the plugins together make an impact. If they are all neccessary and needed for RipperX, is there a way to have them load up when RipperX is started, rather than at boot-time?
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Jul 25, 2010
I'm trying to setup existing Linux partitions to boot using chainloader following instructions from here:
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Jul 24, 2010
I'm trying to setup existing Linux partitions to boot using chainloader following instructions from here:
Cool Solutions: Install Linux Frequently, Without the Hassle
and here:
Error Loading Operating System after 11.3 fresh install
Here's fdisk -l:
Code:
# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
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Jul 2, 2010
My internal is sda windows = sda1 recovery = sda2 my external is sdb storage = sdb1 linux sdb2 GRUB is on sdb2's first sector. I tried coping it to grub.mbr on sda1 and added C:grub.mbr="ubuntu linux" all I get when selecting it is _ blinking and no booting. USB booting from BIOS works but I don't want family to have to mess with unplugging and replugging it when they want to boot to Windows. I also tried installing GRUB2 to MBR of sdb and copying same problem.
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