I'd like to know what happens in between me selecting which kernel to boot from the Grub2 menu, and me ending up in Gnome looking at the desktop GUI.For instance, when does the X server start, when is gnome started, in what order do these things happen and how can i have control over this process? The main appeal of linux to me is being able to choose which window manager, which desktop environment etc are used but I cannot seem to find out how to configure these things.I've been googling extensively and looking in books, the forums, ubuntu community and documentation but this information does not seem to be out there.
I am currently running debian lenny on an old mini ITX box (1GHZ 1GB ram OS on a 16GB CF card, 4 X 1TB sata drives) as a file server on my home network. I have modified /etc/inittab to auto log in a standard user, start X and start fluxbox. I would like the system to then start a couple of VM's using virtual Box but as this is not a high spec box I would like to start these automatically at 5 min intervals and about 5 min after the auto log in.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how i can achieve this or alternativley monitor the processor load and start each VM in sequence as the porcessor load drops below 20%.
To change the boot up sequence of Ubuntu and XP I opened the terminal in Ubuntu and entered ( Sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst ) in the command line and pressed <ENTER> , another line ask me for password and when I try to enter it , nothing happens , the cursor just blinks.Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong.
I'm trying to parse some redfin pages and it seems like I'm having a problem with the # symbol.Running the following:echo 'http://www.redfin.com/homes-for-sale#!search_location=issaquah,wa&max_price=275000 ' > /tmp/issaquah_main.txtwget --level=1 -convert-links --page-requisites -o issaquah/main -i /tmp/issaquah_main.txt
I have just installed Mythbuntu 9.10 on my Windows 7 PC to experiment with. I want to make Wingows 7 the default for the time being, but can't find a way to change grub's list. I don't seem to have the file /boot/grub/menu.lst and can't find anything else which might suit.
I am reading "A Byte of Python" and this is the 2nd time I've completely been confused about something:"What if you wanted to specify a two-line string? One way is to use a triple-quoted string asshown previously or you can use an escape sequence for the newline character - toindicate the start of a new line. An example is This is the first lineThis is thesecond line. Another useful escape sequence to know is the tab - There are many moreescape sequences but I have mentioned only the most useful ones here."In python:>>> "This is the first lineThis is the second"'This is the first lineThis is the second'>>>
I'm new to this. The VIDEO_TS folder has a bunch of VOB files sequentially names along with BUP and IFO files. But when I start up VLC and choose 'Open Dir' and point to the VIDEO_TS file, it plays a short trailer of the movie and does not move onto the rest of the VOB files. Is there a was to play them sequentially? or is the only way to select the files in the order in which to play them and then play them all?
How to join about 8 avi files the filenames are in the format "blah.avi.001", blah.avi.002, blah.avi,003 blah.avi.004 etc. I want them joined so there is just one avi file. How can I do this?
Having upgraded to 10.04 seemingly without any problems as everything looks to be working so far. The only strange thing I have noticed so far is the new startup upsplash. After the BIOS startup I get approx, 25 seconds of blank screen then the new upsplash which is a multicoloured and very indistinct UBUNTU with what looks like DVD/CD control symbols below. After this I get the new purple Ubuntu screen and then the login screen. Total time approx.46 seconds. I also get the same indistinct UBUNTU when closing down. Is this the correct startup sequence for 10.04 and is any else seeing this strange multicoloured indistinct UBUNTU screen. Is it my system/config at fault or is this the norm?
this happened after i installed calm anti-virus.before the sequence of panel button was at the to the very left it used to be button for logging off or shut-down then it was the calendar and clock. then network manager and then the sound preference button.but somehow they do not load in same sequence they appear randomly in any sequence.
So I turn on my pc today, select ubuntu studio from GRUB and it freezes during the splash sequence - I hard shut down and the power back on and. nothing. Hard drive light illuminates once then stays off. External HDD powers on. Processor light comes on but no graphics - no manufacturer stuff, no bios entry - nothing.
I would like to create an automatic sequence of Openoffice backups of a spreadsheet file, and each would be the daughter of the previous version.I would like it to autosave every hour so at the end of the day I could then manually make up a 'Day' file for permanent record.
Noticed in 10.04, under GNOME, opening the GIMP user manual from the help menu opens it in the help browser in a strange order:index, preface, iii, ii, biblio, A, B, C, i ...Not sure if this is the right place to mention this.
I am attempting to boot Ubuntu off of a USB drive. The USB drive was created via the USB creator in the .iso file dowloaded from Ubuntu. But for some reason when I go into my BIOS and boot from the USB drive, it spits out one line of syslinux and copyright information ending in "et al" and then a flashing cursor but doesn't go any further. I would provide a screenshot but that isnt an option at the moment with not being able to get past the first line of booting. Also, I have never used Ubuntu as this is my first attempt at running it and it is obviously not going the best.
i could not change the sequence of dual booting from the grub menu.lst, due to it shows a blank screen when i put the command in the terminalayan@jayan-desktop:~$ sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst [sudo] password for jayan:
Since the yesterdays updates the boot process lasts terribly long of my Fedora 12 on a x86_64 system. It lasts about 10 minutes or longer. The strangest thing is that if I press keys (any of them) it goes faster (about 1 minute). There are no errors or other things which might be the reason for such a behaver.
Fedora Core 12 I must be going mad, but I thought I used to use a command such as:
grep -r ^[a-z] *|grep .....
to do a recursive search to find all files that had lines starting with lower case a to z.
If I try that under FC12 (this is a newish install), it also finds uppercase A to Z.
Is there a collating type sequence or locale that I have incorrectly set?
PS just for info, the following shows the problem: (Linux)retsol610 :stevet : /home/stevet> echo ABC |grep ^[a-z] ABC (Linux)retsol610 :stevet : /home/stevet> echo abc |grep ^[A-Z]
[code]....
ie the whole range matching seems a bit 'screwy'. A-z should give x01-x58 so A-z should be be valid and include a couple of spcial chars - but gives a range error. On the other hand, a-Z should pose a problem as that's a backward range - but that seems to search ok.
Does any one else get this in FC12 (I've just tried in RH EL5 and grep ^[a-z] ... works fine)? My locale is:
Why is the Linux boot sequence is organized the way it is?Power on + BIOS runs hardware initialisation and self tests, LILO/GRUB etc... but why is it organised the way it is?Would I be right saying it is primarily for debugging purposes?
I want to be able to run fsck at, or near, shutdown at the end of the day, and not have to wait for it when booting (important now that I have 1TB drives!). As far as I can tell, the only way to arrange to run fsck on the root partition is if it is unmounted and I believe that only occurs at reboot time.
So, I thought of using the /forcefsck file that, when exists, will force file system check upon the next boot. So I envision having a script that touches that file, or issues the right shutdown command, then lets the system reboot and thus forcing a fsck of the root partition. However, I then want the system to turn right around and then shutdown, so that when I cold boot the system in the morning, I won't see the fsck run at that time, ever.
So I think this boils down to being able to run a one-time init script or something like that. Is there an established way or idiom for running an init script only one time? I know I can create a non-standard init-script that looks for a special file like is done for /forcefsck, and only shutdown if that file is seen, but surely someone else has already come up with a canned solution/init-script to what I want to do.
Is there a way to interrupt the boot sequence, or execute it line by line? Alternatively, after a command has executed and the scree fills up, is there any way to "page up" on the screen?
I have a full install on a dedicated partition. And the problem persists. I have tacked it down to the driver for my video card [nVidia 9600m GS]. When I disable the driver, it somewhat returns to normal [it works fine on shut down, but boot up is still buggy]. However, this makes Docky complain about compositing [it will still work, but there's a black void around it] not being enabled. I also assume that lacking the driver will cause problems if I try to do anything 3D.
I have configured opendns on my adsl router. So 192.168.1.1 was the first nameserver in Network Managerbut I often faced name resolution issues, so I configured 4.2.2.1 as the first nameserver, 4.2.2.2 as the second & 192.168.1.1 as the third.Problem is with the above configuration everything works well for a few days then again name resolution stalls. And again I change the sequence of the nameservers or insert a new one & again it works for a few days. I am tired of doing that again & again.
