From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KKVtl-0000rQ-NN for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:12:13 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3AC66E0516; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:12:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.168]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 058B3E0516 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:12:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 23so690585wfg.10 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:12:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:to:in-reply-to :references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer :content-transfer-encoding; bh=OE2ZR5g/9E/oqWgR+x6FJj+EQepo7yVb7+dkqV7PPfQ=; b=trbg5qSTu2Myy2QaFUFuXULM8ZR0he0ZtQj4ZDtGalrkrJTu+4UJVAefLm3ag7k/Hg x3wUqTcPMDBESi+I3H9V/Q7qXmhIfg0S/9JkDGTkwpMOHJSGC9+c6jDPd3d7QHpKDPZK EwGQQjJVd2bEs60/czTzY7M9K+ffGcM/ejCf0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:to:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id :mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=XXxQFxcw6q2BvO3TEyY4AtMUpcyQaGC/fkSTip3/8tgLzdfmjP73wjvVbSQ8Zkr6id 2VgQBu89cy736OYe5MCBGodXn3YZNJbXF084fTiRVxvN/5vNQ0BXHI0tAsj68jICuN4L OH6EqL26LB8rKLTAIxsn5IqTh8gUDWRrPzwls= Received: by 10.142.141.21 with SMTP id o21mr817723wfd.213.1216548730567; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:12:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.0.16? ( [58.172.58.47]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 22sm2911148wfd.7.2008.07.20.03.12.08 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:12:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem From: Ivan Alden To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <4882DA32.3060600@bellsouth.net> References: <1216561014.5898.9.camel@alden> <4882DA32.3060600@bellsouth.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:05:17 +0000 Message-Id: <1216584317.6233.4.camel@alden> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 4f033021-ac1d-4601-b21f-7f4edcc9665c X-Archives-Hash: 95a7d45c0bb80f1076655ca4ba245dc3 Thanks its fixed. I guess it was coincidence I lost power at the same time to this issue. I appreciate the help. Ivan On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 01:24 -0500, Dale wrote: > Ivan Alden wrote: > > Hi, > > > > My laptop ran out of battery and shut off while I was using it and it > > seems to have done some damage to the bootloader. When I reboot I can't > > see the grub splashscreen any more but if I press enter I does boot into > > my kernel. As the computer is booting the output looks all messed up > > (but you can make that its initializing devices) until it reaches around > > the networking devices which then corrects and works properly. > > > > I've tried reconfiguring grub with > > root (hd0,0) > > setup (hd0) > > > > Does anybody have any suggestions of how to fix this? > > > > Thanks. > > > > This was discussed over the past day or so. If I recall correctly the > splash image has been moved by some package update. Just check that > everything your grub boot line points to is actually there. > > If you need more info, I can search through my old emails and find the > fixes for you. > > Dale > > :-) :-) :-) >