Software :: Permanently BAN Grub2 ?
Jan 12, 2011
So grub2 snuck into my upload list.
Is there a way to force APT to never, never, ever, never, ever, even in the slightest EVER consider even thinking about possibly touching the satanic filth that is grub2?
I'm growing weary of the same loop... grub gets flagged for upgrade to grub2, I don't notice it, system breaks, boot rescue disc, remove grub2, restore original grub, move on with life.
I thought by purging grub2 and setting grub to manual maintain (apt-get install grub after it is already installed) would be enough, but apparently not so. So is there a way to ban this package? Seriously I'd rather start using Windows again than use grub2. To this day I have never successfully booted anything with it and it just sends me into a rage when I see the crap grub_rescue pop up after it sneaks in an update.
View 10 Replies
ADVERTISEMENT
Mar 7, 2010
i initilally installed ubuntu 9.10 then installed windows 7 ,then i recovered grub2 using livecd as told in the post [URL] i did "sudo update-grub" and got windows 7 menu entry but when i select that entry windows 7 does not load but the grub2 is reloaded again.
i cant boot to windows 7.
Windows 7 have 100 mb partition "System Reserved" the grub2 points to that partition but still windows 7 not loaded.
sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x3c3a81f5
[Code]....
View 3 Replies
View Related
May 17, 2010
I went through so many post but I haven't found the proper answer yet hope you have an Idea1. Grub2 saves only Linux OS as last selected no Windows OS2.It is possible to boot into a cdrom (drive)?
View 2 Replies
View Related
Jul 11, 2011
I installed Fedora 15, which was my first real departure from Debian based Linux OSs. I absolutely love the new Gnome 3, and was able to configure F15 to work as I wanted it to. On rebooting I realized that there was no boot loader screen, that F15 just booted and didn't give me a choice as to which OS I wanted to use. Eventually I was able to configure grub to let me see the boot loader and added my old boot loader as a choice. This worked well, maybe not a perfect solution, but it worked. This weekend I installed LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) to another HDD. LMDE uses grub2 and after the install F15 was not recognized.
Two questions: Is there a way for grub2 to see F15? or Can F15 be installed using grub2? I really don't mind re-installing from scratch.
View 10 Replies
View Related
Jan 24, 2011
I want to load grub2 from grub4dos.I want to load directly the grub2 core. I know how to load first 512 bytes from some patition by chainloader and load grub2, but what I need is to load directly grub2 core without passing by bootstriping code (first 512 bytes).So, my first boot manager is grub4dos, then I can load grub2 and later I load Ubuntu. But I think I have to edit --set-root
What I dont know is how.
In hdd 0,7 (sda8) I have Ubuntu 10.10 and /boot/grub/core.img is in sda8 (hd0.7)
I tried this way:
Code:
title grub2
find --set-root /boot/grub/core.img
kernel /boot/grub/core.img
View 2 Replies
View Related
Jun 24, 2010
I set alsamixer every time after login. I also did alsactl store but it doesn't work.
How to get rid of that?
View 1 Replies
View Related
Apr 2, 2010
So I just installed Ubuntu on my second laptop, however I ran into a problem. The F9 key is going crazy. I'm not exactly sure what is causing it (I've already popped off and cleaned the keys) but if I could find a way to just disable it I'd be very happy.
View 3 Replies
View Related
Jun 10, 2010
For Oracle installation, I need to set kernel.shmmax parameter to 8416559104
According to the manual I did the following:
Code:
when I check the value
Code:
It looks OK, but after reboot there is the default value 3294967296 again.
The system is 64-bit SLES11.
View 3 Replies
View Related
Feb 21, 2011
I will be switching to Debian soon and have been forming a large script with a vbox test system to automate my system configuration when I switch.
When I install lamp (Or basically it's equivalent packages) apache and mysql start up automatically.
I could just use update-rc.d to remove the autostart but whenever there's a security or feature update for the package the files get replaced.
In addition, for some reason the system thinks it's a good idea to autostart half a dozen apache2 processes at the same time, sucking up a good 150Mb ram when not doing anything. (Anyone know why?)
How would I stop my system from doing this? Could I "chmod 000" the /etc/init.d files?
View 2 Replies
View Related
Jul 14, 2009
I came across the following method of how to permanently disabling selinux and it's notifications. Although changing enforcement from the gui into permissive mode does most of the job, the notifications still pop-up when some applications are started.
So to disable it do the following:
open terminal as root and execute:
Quote:
And then change the SELINUX line to SELINUX=disabled
Quote:
This is it. Now reboot the system and selinux will never bother you again.
If you are not a Fedora user and you are using this forum just because we are cooler here then you will not find the /etc/selinux/config as in the fedora releases. What you need to do is to edit the kernel boot line and add selinux=0 at the end:
Quote:
Reboot the system
View 14 Replies
View Related
Feb 4, 2010
I have various repos in my yum.repos.d including rawhide, google, and various others which I can enable on specific yum commands with --enablerepo=reponame.
Question is, how come these aren't enabled by default? When I do a yum repolist they don't show up, which effectively leaves orphan programs.
I can see why you might not want rawhide enabled by default for obvious update reasons, but I might want others to be enabled by default, like google for one.
So how is the default repo anabling/disabling controlled?
View 2 Replies
View Related
Oct 2, 2010
the "Japanese character set input library" keeps showing up on the list of updates. I have no need for japanese character input and have cleaned extraneous languages off the system with bleachbit. how can i make it so this update does not appear anymore?
View 2 Replies
View Related
Jan 3, 2010
So, here's my problem. Every time I'm trying to change my timezone, it last until I'm restarting my comp again, it seems like it doesn't save the changes permanently.I'm using Ubuntu v9.10 installed through Wubi. My timezone is set currently via BIOS.
View 8 Replies
View Related
Jan 14, 2010
How do I permanently add a location to my $PATH so it is always there when I open terminal?
Also is there a GUI for this?
View 2 Replies
View Related
Jan 21, 2010
i used to mount my drives in ubuntu..How to mount all the drives permanently?
View 2 Replies
View Related
Mar 6, 2010
My current alias'd commands are:
alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
alias grep='grep --color=auto'
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
I'd like to change 'ls' and add a few more, is there a command to permanently do that, or a config file I need to edit somewhere?
View 2 Replies
View Related
Jun 11, 2010
I use 'xset r 133' to set autorepeat for the 'Windows key'.
But somehow after a while autorepeat does not work any longer and I have to redo the 'xset r 133'. I don't log out or so.
Ubuntu 10.04, gnome, compiz
View 2 Replies
View Related
Jun 14, 2010
I have upgraded to ubuntu 10.4 i have some issues with it, first how to disable service permanently using GUI, second how can i change root passwd i tried sudo passwd root does not work, third i have network shared driver i want to mount permanently and create short cut to desktop.
View 6 Replies
View Related
Nov 30, 2010
I am using Ubuntu 10.04 on Lenovo Thinkpad, and I have tree pointing devices:
- touchpad
- trackpoint
- mouse, that is connected only when I am home, so for around 50% of time.
I have downloaded a package "Pointing Devices" and tried to disable a touchpad, which annoys me. Sometimes new settings works, but each time I connect/disconnect mouse, the default settings (everything on) restores. It's even worse, because right now the touchpad works and annoys me, while it's written that it's disabled in "Pointing devices", so either the package is outdated, or it's a BUG.
How to permanently disable a touchpad?
View 7 Replies
View Related
Feb 20, 2011
I've tried all three options here to permanently disable the fn key (so that when I press F1 it'll bring up help and when I press fn+F1, it'll dim the screen, etc.).
These methods work upon reboot, but once the computer is put to sleep (i.e. I close my lid), the settings are reverted back to default and I must use fn+ for everything again.
How can I keep the fn key disabled?
And on another note, why use gksudo instead of just sudo?
View 1 Replies
View Related
Apr 23, 2011
I would like to mount a (ext4) drive permanently.I don like to use any additional packages to automount. Can anyone say me the manual way of entering the partition information into the fstab entry?Output: fdisk -l
Code:
karthick@karthick:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for karthick:
[code]....
View 3 Replies
View Related
May 4, 2011
What do I have to do to get some love from the Me Menu? It says "Offline". If I click "Available", then Empathy starts up, and I get Twitter/Gwibber notifications, but the Me Menu still says "Offline". If I click "Offline" (even though it's already selected), then Empathy disconnects. While I am connected to a chat room via Empathy, the little envelope thingy will turn blue or green if I have a new message. Basically, all seems normal except that Me Menu permanently says I'm Offline.
View 1 Replies
View Related
Jul 3, 2011
I created the swap partition, but the problem is, that i have to turn on swaf every time when i turn on my computer. How to turn swap on permanently?
View 9 Replies
View Related
Jul 7, 2011
I'm running both Ubuntu 11.04 and Windows XP Home Edition. I have my hard drive partitioned with 90 GB for Windows and 60 GB for Ubuntu. Here's the problem: When I booted up Ubuntu for the first time, the Windows file system appeared as a second HDD. My dad told me that I need to make it so that drive doesn't appear or be read only or else he will be uninstalling Ubuntu because of the risk that some program will write to the Windows file system. I personally am not worried about that happening, but he clearly is. Remember, I'm brand new to Linux so please make things simple for me to under stand!
View 9 Replies
View Related
Jun 22, 2010
I have installed two wireless-related drivers:
modprobe lib80211
insmod wl.ok
On rebooting, I find that these are no longer installed. How do I fix them in place?
View 2 Replies
View Related
Jun 16, 2009
How to change Umask value permanently for all user in Red hat Version
View 1 Replies
View Related
Mar 13, 2011
I installed Fedora 14 with the KDE desktop. Can I make Fedora boot to a terminal rather than the GUI? I would want to boot to the terminal just 1 time so I don't want to get rid of the GUI permanently.
View 1 Replies
View Related
Jun 30, 2011
i have a fc-7 machine kernel version (2.6.21-1.3194.fc7). i am able to mount the nfs share form a server. but every time when i reboot my machine. share will go off and again i have to mount the share.. is there a way to Permanently mount The NFS Directory , i mean after reboot share should not go....
View 3 Replies
View Related
Oct 27, 2010
Is there a way to permanently mess up a pre-made dvd?
i would like to be able to mess up a dvd through software, that way there would be no proof of tampering. (i want a few new movies on blueray )
i would like it to run in ubuntu, but a windows program is fine.
these are factory dvds btw, not dvdrw.
View 9 Replies
View Related
Sep 5, 2010
I just bought a 31.5" HDTV and have it connected to my laptop as a monitor. My laptop monitor is cracked and pretty much useless so I would like to be able to keep it turned off and stick with my new monitor. So far, I have managed to accomplish all of this, just one problem, I will need to go through too long a process for every login to set it all up again. I'm hoping someone can help me simplify this and have everything done automatically while Ubuntu is booting or even right after login.
Process:
Code:
$ cvt 1366 768 60
# 1368x768 59.88 Hz (CVT) hsync: 47.79 kHz; pclk: 85.25 MHz
Modeline "1368x768_60.00" 85.25 1368 1440 1576 1784 768 771 781 798 -hsync +vsync
[code].....
View 1 Replies
View Related
