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From: | Henry W. Peters |
Subject: | SERIOUS Problem when GRUB2 got updated in Debian Lenny (sid/squeeze). PLEASE reply. |
Date: | Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:21:12 -0500 |
User-agent: | Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090706) |
Where to start? I run Debian Lenny (SID/Squeeze), kernel 2.6.32, & have been using GRUB2 (v.0.97-?). I do dual boot with Windows XP, & besides a GNOME desktop, I have xfce installed. So I use GRUB bootloader. The updater the other morning "updated" my GRUB2 version... (not sure of the version). This is when my MAIN problem (now) started. Anyway, I have a Dell S1909 WX monitor at resolution 1440 x 900 (analogue) at 60 Hz. (the recommended resolution). & below describes what started the apparent disintegration of something in GRUB2 in my system, & currently, will not let me boot ANYTHING, except through the bootloader cd, pmagic (which uses GRUB2 v, 0.97-os.1). Since I got this monitor (I previously used Ubuntu distro), I have had a problem with it & Linux... (i.e., not in Windows). I discovered that I needed to change the display resolution via the 'Startup-Manager.' This apparently changes the resolution in GRUB. With the last two versions of GRUB, this worked fairly well, the vertical lines (like a double shifted/shifting images) almost completely disappeared. This "newest" version of GRUB, the lines were back full force, & no parameter that I set in the 'Startup-Manager' helped... (though, as a side note... when set to so work with working monitor res., the text in the startup routine was too tiny for words (to be read)). It appears to be two display drivers conflicting... (????). It appears as though the startup manager is not loading (?). I probably need to get the display resolution in GRUB2 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? OK, now in trying to remedy, I wrote to the GRUB2 developer list (above is taken in part from that correspondence), hoping to get some instruction on how to fix my GRUB2 situation, that is, NOT BEING ABLE TO BOOT UP... MY CPU IS, IN EFFECT... TOTALLY BROKEN (if you can't get in to your house, you don't have one). Any helpful help appreciated. Any further questions welcomed... really do need some help here. Henry P.s., when booting through pmagic, I have found that it will not boot my 2.6.32 kernel (I need that one, as it has the drivers for my sound card! This may be a problem with pmagic, as that kernel version was not yet constructed when I compiled that CD of pmagic)... but will boot 2.6.30 kernel. & that kernel does not seem to have the resolution conflict (or whatever I should call this, i.e., not really sure) with my Dell monitor... Henry W. Peters wrote: Henry W. Peters wrote: |
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