I'm still a linux newbie and I've gone from bad to worst. I used to have a working etch system but in an attempt to get my printer working I reinstalled etch several times and when it reboots it comes up in grub instead of the gnome desktop. Any ideas out there?

Bob

On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 01:42:19PM +0000, bobsetch@comcast.net wrote:
> I'm still a linux newbie and I've gone from bad to worst. I used to have a
> working etch system but in an attempt to get my printer working I reinstalled
> etch several times and when it reboots it comes up in grub instead of the gnome
> desktop. Any ideas out there?
We need more info.

'grub' is a name of the boot loader and is a name of the program in
/usr/sbin/grub that updates the boot loader.

'gnome' is a desktop environment that normally uses gdm, gnome themes
and sawfish, or metacity window managers.

What I think you are saying is that you used to be able to login to the
gnome desktop with gdm, but now your x window system is not working and
your system is only showing a console login (a black screen).
If this is the case, you need to reconfigure X window and this will fix
the issue.

If any of this is wrong, please explain how.
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On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 01:42:19PM +0000, bobsetch@comcast.net wrote:
> I'm still a linux newbie and I've gone from bad to worst. I used to
> have a working etch system but in an attempt to get my printer working
> I reinstalled etch several times and when it reboots it comes up in
> grub instead of the gnome desktop. Any ideas out there?
>

Hi Bob,

FYI, you need to wrap your lines at about 72 rather than send one long
line.

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I'm not sure what you mean "comes up in grub". Grub is a boot loader
that should present you with a menu with a default boot that will
automatically boot after a few seconds delay.

If you don't get a gnome desktop you are probably getting a regular
login prompt.

Please post exactly what you see on the screen that you are calling
"comes up in grub".

Also, for further reference, you don't have to reinstall just to get
printing working.


Doug.


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On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 01:42:19PM +0000, bobsetch@comcast.net wrote:
> I'm still a linux newbie and I've gone from bad to worst. I used to have a working etch system but in an attempt to get my printer working I reinstalled etch several times and when it reboots it comes up in grub instead of the gnome desktop. Any ideas out there?

if you are seeing a GRUB prompt after booting, then that is just the
bootloader and your /boot/grub/menu.lst has gotten hosed. you'll have
to boot it manually. please substitute appropriate information as
needed.

grub> root (hd0,0)

this assumes your boot partition is the first partition on the first
drive.

grub> kernel /vmlinux<tab><tab>

this will give you a tab completed list of kernels. you'll have to put
in a couple things like root=<real root> etc. here's mine.

grub> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-k7 root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=791

this will load the kernel

grub> initrd /initrd.img-2.6.18-4-k7

this should match the kernel number...

grub> boot

will boot the system. once you're up, then as root run 'update-grub'
to fix that up.

A

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On 05/31/07 08:42, bobsetch@comcast.net wrote:
> I'm still a linux newbie and I've gone from bad to worst. I used

You might be too newbie for Debian. Ubuntu might be more your
speed, until you become more experienced.

> to have a working etch system but in an attempt to get my printer
> working I reinstalled etch several times

That's the Microsoft mentality. Hardware issues (upgrading or
breakage) should be the *only* reason you *ever* reinstall.

> and when it reboots it
> comes up in grub instead of the gnome desktop. Any ideas out
> there?

It's *supposed* to start in grub. That's the bootloader.

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