[GoboLinux 013 0000097]: Gobo won't run
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Sun Nov 25 18:56:51 NZDT 2007
The following issue has been CLOSED
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http://bugs.gobolinux.org/view.php?id=97
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Reported By: Roger Hunter
Assigned To:
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Project: GoboLinux 013
Issue ID: 97
Category:
Reproducibility: always
Severity: minor
Priority: normal
Status: closed
Resolution: open
Fixed in Version:
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Date Submitted: 2007-04-06 11:39-0700
Last Modified: 2007-11-24 21:56-0800
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Summary: Gobo won't run
Description:
Gobo won't run on my system. It installs but grub can't find it.
I have an AMD Athlon running at 850MHz, 512Mb RAM, 40 and 80Gb HDs with 13
Linux distros on separate partitions. Only Gobo and Zenwalk misbehave.
Roger
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lucasvr - 2007-10-13 05:03
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Can you please test it again with the latest 014 snapshot? Ths ISO is
available for download here: http://gobolinux.org/?page=downloads
Thanks!
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Roger Hunter - 2007-10-13 07:15
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I have a different system now, a Gateway 1.6MHz with my old HDs installed.
Gobo 0.14 installs but won't boot. I use a multiple boot system which lets
me boot
into Puppy and use it's menu to boot to the other distros. Grub is looking
for
/boot/grub/menu.lst in each case and Gobo puts it somewhere else. Grub
can't find it and neither can I.
Roger
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lucasvr - 2007-10-13 11:53
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Can you try to mount your Gobo partition from the LiveCD (or another
installed distro) and create this link?
/mnt/gobo$ ln -s System/Kernel/Boot boot
After that, just unmount the partition and try to boot into Gobo again.
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Roger Hunter - 2007-10-13 12:48
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And do what with it?
I've tried putting it in the grub menu after the kernel command and it
says "file not found". Without the kernel statement, it just jumps back to
the menu.
I'm not a Linux guru BTW 8-)
Roger
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lucasvr - 2007-10-13 13:07
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Since you're using a boot loader that has been installed from another
distribution, it's likely that it has hardcoded entries looking for "/boot"
instead of our "/System/Kernel/Boot".
When I asked you to create a symlink named "boot" in your Gobo root
partition pointing to "System/Kernel/Boot" this is what I had in mind --
your boot loader will hopefully be happy and will follow the symlink,
making it possible for Gobo to boot.
You don't need to modify your grub's menu.lst in any way after creating
this symlink. Just make sure the GoboLinux entry points to the right
partition and go for it.
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Roger Hunter - 2007-10-13 14:19
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Ok, once I found the Gobo grub menu I could see what was needed. I went
back to Puppy and changed the Gobo menu to point to the boot files and it
booted up perfectly. Then I couldn't login since I hadn't set the users
when previously installing so had to redo that.
Now I can boot from the Puppy menu and login to Gobo but I can't get
online because Gobo didn't activate my eth0 and I can't find any menu
listing for it.
Puppy and others do this automatically so Gobo is disappointing so far
but I like the filesystem philosophy and hope I can get everything
functioning properly.
Roger
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lucasvr - 2007-10-13 15:16
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Ok, so did you need to have the 'boot' symlink in order to boot it? If
unsure, can you please try to remove it and try to boot into Gobo again?
On the network card, which model do you have? Can you please post the
output for 'lspci' and 'lsmod' on Puppy? 'lsmod' on Gobo will be helpful as
well to try to figure and fix the bug for 014 final.
Thanks!
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Roger Hunter - 2007-10-13 16:36
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lspci (from Puppy)
00:00.0 Class 0600: 8086:1a30 (rev08)
00:01.0 Class 0604 " :1s31 "
00:1e.0 " " " :244e (rev 12)
00:1f.0 " 0601 " :2440 "
00:1f.1 " 0101 " :2446 "
00:1f.2 " 0c03 " :2442 "
00:1f.3 " 0c05 " :2443 "
00:1f.4 " 0c03 " :2444 "
00:1f.5 " 0401 " :2445 "
01:00.0 " 0300 " :0111 (rev 62)
02:08.0 " 0200 " :2449 (rev 03)
lsmod (from Puppy)
usbstorage 83904 0
snd_mixer_oss 17328 0
snd_via_82xx 27720 0
gameport 14904 1 snd_via82xx
snd_mpu401_uart 8112 1 "
snd_rawmidi 24064 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 7996 1 snd_raw_midi
lp 12520 0
parport_pc 32100 1
parport 35080 2 lp, parport_pc
ide_cd 40100 0
cdrom 39424 1 ide_card
eepro100 30240 0
mii 5860 1 eepro100
a bunch more snd stuff. If you really need it, let me know
12c_i801 7548 0
i2c_core 21408 1 12c_i801
intel_agp 22668 1
agpgart 34608 1 intel_agp
uhci_hcd 23356 3 usbstorage,uhci_hcd
My finger wore out. Is there any way to capture this if you need it?
Roger
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hisham - 2007-11-24 21:56
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The new snapshot creates the /boot link, fixing the issue. The problem with
network card detection is a separate issue, let's try not to mix different
subjects in the same bug report, to avoid confusion; but feel free to open
a new bug if you're steel having problem with that.
Thank you for your feedback!
Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
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2007-04-06 11:39Roger Hunter New Issue
2007-10-13 05:03lucasvr Note Added: 0000399
2007-10-13 07:15Roger Hunter Note Added: 0000401
2007-10-13 11:53lucasvr Note Added: 0000405
2007-10-13 12:48Roger Hunter Note Added: 0000408
2007-10-13 13:07lucasvr Note Added: 0000409
2007-10-13 14:19Roger Hunter Note Added: 0000410
2007-10-13 15:16lucasvr Note Added: 0000414
2007-10-13 16:36Roger Hunter Note Added: 0000415
2007-11-24 21:56hisham Status new => closed
2007-11-24 21:56hisham Note Added: 0000496
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