BIG update tonight -- Grub 2, among others ...

[dibl]

So, here are the highlights:

Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
language-support-en language-support-writing-en libeina-svn-01 openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us openoffice.org-writer

The following NEW packages will be installed:
apturl-common libeina-svn-03 linux-headers-2.6.31-9 linux-headers-2.6.31-9-generic linux-image-2.6.31-9-generic

Cool -- you can't beat a new kernel for fun!

231 upgraded

5 newly installed, 5 to remove and 8 not upgraded.

231 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 5 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
Need to get 187MB of archives.
After this operation, 172MB of additional disk space will be used.

Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

Of course -- I'm no fraidy cat!


Big download, big install process, some things left "unconfigured" ..

So, "sudo dpkg --configure -a", resulting in ...

Lotta action, including this:

Setting up grub-pc (1.97~beta1-1ubuntu1) ...
Replacing config file /etc/default/grub with new version
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-9-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-9-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-8-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-8-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-7-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-7-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-6-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-6-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-5-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-5-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-3-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-3-generic

Mike! Grub 2 (1.96) is now Grub 2 (1.97) -- maybe some bugs fixed?




So, now to boot into the new kernel, re-install the nVidia driver, and ... who knows? ... maybe even get back online and confirm that it works!


EDIT: Wehellllll -- here I am again!

dibl@karmic:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10
Codename: karmic

dibl@karmic:~$ uname -a
Linux karmic 2.6.31-9-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Sun Aug 30 17:39:26 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

dibl@karmic:~$ nvclock -i
-- General info --
Card: nvidia GeForce GTX 260
Architecture: GT200 B1
PCI id: 0x5e2
GPU clock: 300.856 MHz
Bustype: PCI-Express

-- Shader info --
Clock: 1296.000 MHz
Stream units: 216 (11111111b)
ROP units: 28 (01111111b)
-- Memory info --
Amount: 896 MB
Type: 448 bit DDR3
Clock: 297.000 MHz

-- PCI-Express info --
Current Rate: 16X
Maximum rate: 16X

-- Sensor info --
Sensor: Analog Devices ADT7473
Board temperature: 41C
GPU temperature: 49C
Fanspeed: 326 RPM
Fanspeed mode: manual
PWM duty cycle: 40.0%

-- VideoBios information --
Version: 62.00.38.00.50
Signon message: GT200 P654 SKU 0051 VGA BIOS
Performance level 0: gpu 300MHz/shader 600MHz/memory 100MHz/1.05V/100%
Performance level 1: gpu 400MHz/shader 800MHz/memory 300MHz/1.05V/100%
Performance level 2: gpu 626MHz/shader 1350MHz/memory 1053MHz/1.12V/100%
VID mask: 7
Voltage level 0: 1.05V, VID: 1
Voltage level 1: 1.06V, VID: 2
Voltage level 2: 1.12V, VID: 4

OK, so, it's working so far!

[Qqmike]

Re: BIG update tonight -- Grub 2, among others ...

"Mike! Grub 2 (1.96) is now Grub 2 (1.97) -- maybe some bugs fixed?"

Hope so!

Well, as you know, I (finally) started to play with Grub 2, gonna write up some sort of how-to sometime soon (next 2-3 months). I don't see any updates offered yet through 8.04.3 repository, still 1.96, still some bugs.

Grub 2 is different, of course, from Grub Legacy, but, actually, it doesn't look too complicated. Simple in many respects: the config file is generated by other files, and I really like the OS prober thinger. What we got to hope for is that the thing works very well because manually editing grub.cfg doesn't make too much sense (except possibly for 100% custom boot menus or dedicated Grub partitions). We gotta rely on solid /etc/grub.d scripts. Also, finally, a good reason for someone to come up with a GUI that fully works so new people have a tool they can use without chmod-ing themselves nuts and otherwise into x-ville. We also gotta hope for one helluva good intro explanatory Manual from the devs so we are not left with a default choice of experimental inductive conclusions about how it works. But, thus far, assuming it is debugged & ready by release date, it looks fairly straightforward, clean, elegant.

Thanks for your update, dibl! Nice work. I'm trying to steal an hour or two every day to look at this stuff ... we'll see how that goes!

--Mike

[Qqmike]

Re: BIG update tonight -- Grub 2, among others ...

Events

* 2009-08-30 GRUB 1.97~beta1 was released. For now you have to get it with SVN: svn://svn.sv.gnu.org/grub/tags/release_1_97~beta1
http://grub.enbug.org/

That explains that!