Βασίλης, There are true differences between your /boot/grub and mine. Your Ubuntu installation used the newer GRUB 2 while mine is GRUB2 plus some leftovers from the legacy GRUB 1, specifically including the menu.lst file which GRUB 2 is no longer using, it seems For GRUB 2, there is a file /etc/default/grub beginning -------------------- # If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update # /boot/grub/grub.cfg. GRUB_DEFAULT=0 GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true GRUB_TIMEOUT="10" Edit it with: $ sudo gedit /etc/default/grub changing GRUB_DEFAULT=0 to GRUB_DEFAULT=2 Save and do the $ sudo update-grub Then reboot to see which kernel is selected. Loosing audio under 2.6.28 is normal on a KARMIC 2.6.31 system, because the ALSA utils don't support the older 2.6.28 audio kernel drivers MarvS 2010/1/14 Jacques Goldberg <Jacques.Goldberg@xxxxxxx>: > Vassilis, > > The title is not the problem. > > The problem is the contents. > > PLEASE do not send to discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx mails whose contents have > nothing to do with modems. > > I must say that what you have in your /boot/grub is absolutely wonderful, > something never seen so far, by me at least. > > Very strange things have happened with software installation on your > machine. > > For comparison here are the contents of /boot/grub on my computer: > > [localhost] /home/goldberg/Desktop > ls /boot/grub > device.map iso9660_stage1_5 rh9.xpm.gz vstafs_stage1_5 > e2fs_stage1_5 jfs_stage1_5 splash.xpm xfs_stage1_5 > fat_stage1_5 menu.lst stage1 > ffs_stage1_5 minix_stage1_5 stage2 > grub.conf reiserfs_stage1_5 ufs2_stage1_5 > > > Certainly less sexy than yours .... > > > Most people select GRUB for bootup control when installing Linux: you > probably selected something else, perhaps LILO, SYSLINUX or LOADLIN to > quote the most popular. That's the only way to have in your box the > /boot/grub directory populated as you reported. > > > In one of my mails I asked you where you where connecting from, and I even > quoted "island". > > You never answered that. > > I had a serious reason to ask though, because a user from Greece caused me a > LOT of work a couple of years ago, trying to connect from an island. Between > his island and the main country the phone connection was not over a cable > but over a radio link. The connection worked, slowly as yours, only after > lowering MS to +MS34 with a small value of MTU (MTU explained in man pppd > ). > > The things we had to do may also influence solving what troubles you now, > but you are not interested to answer, so I simply forget about it. > > > Regards > > Jacques > > > Βασίλης wrote: > >> ok. >> i copy-paste the commands you give me anyway in order to avoid exactly >> such things, but still... >> pedeli@pedeli-desktop:~$ ls -l /boot/grub/menu.lst >> ls: cannot access /boot/grub/menu.lst: No such file or directory >> pedeli@pedeli-desktop:~$ >> >> even when i go through the "windows procedure" i see NO menu.lst >> whatsoever inside the /boot/grub (check foto) >> >> i decided to change the title of the email, since it doesn't really >> have to do with dial-up problems anymore. >> my basic problem right now is the sound issue: >> 2.6.28 yes internet, no sound >> 2.6.31 no internet, yes sound >> >> but i guess this is such a big problem, that i will deal with it, when >> i come back here (sometime in april maybe); maybe things will have >> been solved by then... >> today or tomorrow i am leaving from athens (this machine) going back >> to lesbos island. >> still the internet issue is solved thanks to you guys. >> thankyou very much >> Βασίλης >> >> 2010/1/14, Marvin Stodolsky <marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx>: >> >>> >>> l in menu.lst is the lower case L, not a number one >>> $ ls -l /boot/grub/menu.lst >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6103 2009-11-30 22:30 /boot/grub/menu.lst >>> >>> 2010/1/13 Βασίλης <piperastaman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >>> >>>> >>>> Βασίλης, >>>> 3) after the update i have two "types" of 2.6.31 plus my 2.6.28-16 >>>> >>>> (that i installed in order for the slamr to function). Do i need all >>>> >>>> of them to appear at the grub menu? how do i change the order of the >>>> >>>> boot? >>>> >>>> -------------- >>>> >>>> First browse >>>> >>>> $ less /boot/grub/menu.lst >>>> >>>> then make a backup >>>> >>>> $ sudo less /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst.backup >>>> >>>> At the end of the first stanza, changing the default to 2 should >>>> >>>> enable auto booting with 2.6.28-16-generic. Do the edit with: >>>> >>>> $ sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst >>>> >>>> Be EXTREMELY careful as bootup can be killed by injuring this menu. >>>> >>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>> unfortunately: >>>> pedeli@pedeli-desktop:~$ less /boot/grub/menu.lst >>>> /boot/grub/menu.lst: No such file or directory >>>> pedeli@pedeli-desktop:~$ >>>> >>>> and even when i give the $ sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst >>>> all that comes out is a blank page (check foto). >>>> i managed to change the boot priority through startupmanager though. >>>> still i don't know what the differences are and if i need them all to >>>> be there... >>>> for sure i need the 2.6.28-16 in order to get online and for sure i >>>> need one of the two 2.6.31 in order to be able to listen to music and >>>> watch videos WITH sound [[it would be so nice to be able to do both >>>> (internet AND sound) at the same time...]] - it has something to do >>>> with alsa conflicting with the slamr or something, isn't it? >>>> >>>> >>>> > >
