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On Monday 07 September 2009 19:09:25 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Monday 07 September 2009 17:39:06 Dale wrote: |
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> > Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > > On Sunday 06 September 2009 21:12:37 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > >> On Sunday 06 September 2009 19:31:27 Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > >>> On Sunday 06 September 2009 10:49:13 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > >> |
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> > >> Um, dude.... grub selects a kernel. Or an OS. But never a DE. |
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> > >> The dm does that. |
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> > > Depends how you have it set up. On this box I have two separate |
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> > > installations: one with kde:3 and one with kde:4. I select the one I |
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> > > want with grub entries. |
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> > Could you post your grub.conf? I'd like to see how you do that. |
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> Well, I'd do it with a customized init that launches a dm preset to a |
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> specific xsession. Or selects a specific .xinitrc. |
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In answer to Dale, here's my grub.conf. Do you (Alan) think your way is |
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better, or simpler? (Hope you can sort the wrapping out.) |
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title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.30-r6 |
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root (hd0,0) |
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kernel /boot/kernel-x86_64-2.6.30-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/md0 vga=0x31A |
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video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap fbcon=scrollback:128k splash=silent |
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memory_corruption_check=1 |
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title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.30-r6, no X |
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root (hd0,0) |
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kernel /boot/kernel-x86_64-2.6.30-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/md0 vga=0x317 |
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video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap splash=silent softlevel=no-x |
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memory_corruption_check=1 |
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title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.30-r6, no network |
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root (hd0,0) |
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kernel /boot/kernel-x86_64-2.6.30-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/md0 vga=0x317 |
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video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap splash=silent softlevel=nonetwork |
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memory_corruption_check=1 |
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[...] |
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title=Gentoo Test System 2.6.30-r6 |
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root (hd0,0) |
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kernel /boot/kernel-x86_64-2.6.30-gentoo-r6-testsys root=/dev/sdc3 |
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vga=0x31A video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap splash=silent |
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title=Gentoo Test System 2.6.30-r6, no X |
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root (hd0,0) |
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kernel /boot/kernel-x86_64-2.6.30-gentoo-r6-testsys root=/dev/sdc3 |
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vga=0x317 video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap splash=silent softlevel=no-x |
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title=Gentoo Test System 2.6.30-r6, no network |
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root (hd0,0) |
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kernel /boot/kernel-x86_64-2.6.30-gentoo-r6-testsys root=/dev/sdc3 |
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vga=0x317 video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap splash=silent softlevel=nonetwork |
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Rgds |
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Peter |