topic title: MX-14 Symbiosis install problems
Posts: 243
Aleph
Joined: 09 Aug 2013
#1
Hi friends,

I decided install MX-14 Symbiosis for have a try on my old HP nx6310 laptod but I got some problems:

1. I dont have any internet connection, no wireless or wired one __{{emoticon}}__

2. I have 3 partition, 2 of them with Antix, on the 3th I installed MX-14. After to install MX-14 grub2 showed the 3 entries but the 2 Antix entries open the same Antix installation, one of the Antix partitions was missing...
I decided to do a grub repair with a Antix live cd but now only show the 2 Antix entries, not the MX-14 one...

Any advice?

Thanks.
Posts: 667
jdmeaux1952
Joined: 01 Nov 2013
#2
Aleph wrote:.. try on my old HP nx6310 laptod but I got some problems:

1. I dont have any internet connection, no wireless or wired one __{{emoticon}}__

2. I have 3 partition, 2 of them with Antix, on the 3th I installed MX-14. After to install MX-14 grub2 showed the 3 entries but the 2 Antix entries open the same Antix installation, one of the Antix partitions was missing...
I decided to do a grub repair with a Antix live cd but now only show the 2 Antix entries, not the MX-14 one...
.
First, go to MX-14 and open a Terminal. You want to type

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inxi -F
Copy-and-Paste this result in your reply. This will give some of us an idea of what is on your laptop, and see if any drivers are missing. NOTE: We are assuming that the wired- and wireless-connection were working in antiX okay.

Secondly, the legacy grub used in antiX is slightly different from the grub2 used in MX-14. (I went almost crazy trying to figure that one out for a while.) The grub2 uses UUID names for each drive and partition. It will occassionally make"submenus" of a partition, which can cause the user to become confused. In a Terminal in MX-14, you need to type

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update-grub
and this should correct the entries when you first boot up the laptop.

Which versions of antiX are you using?
anticapitalista
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#3
You have to decide whether to use grub-legacy or grub2 (newer) as your default bootloader.
antiX-13 and earlier use grub-legacy and MX-14 uses grub2.

If you want grub2 then it is probably quicker to reinstall MX-14, install grub to MBR when requested and then edit the menus.

If you want to keep what you have now, grub-legacy, then post the contents of the /boot/grub/menu.lst in the antiX version that controls grub.
Also post output of this in a root terminal.

blkid
Posts: 243
Aleph
Joined: 09 Aug 2013
#4
Hi jdmeaux1952,

I can't acces to MX-14 now, only to the Antix 13.2 install.

Inxi from Antix 13.2 is:

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$ inxi -F
System:    Host: antiX Kernel: 3.7.10-antix.7-486-smp i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.2 
           Distro: antiX-13.2_386-full Luddite 4 November 2013 
Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Compaq nx6310 (RH325ET#ABE) v: F.09
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 30AA v: KBC Version 58.12
           Bios: Hewlett-Packard v: 68YDU Ver. F.09 date: 09/15/2006
CPU:       Single core Intel Celeron M CPU 430 (-UP-) cache: 1024 KB clocked at 1729 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller
           Display Server: X.Org 1.12.4 driver: intel
           Resolution: 1024x768@60.0hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 945GM x86/MMX/SSE2
           GLX Version: 1.4 Mesa 8.0.5
Audio:     Card Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller 
           driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Sound: ALSA v: k3.7.10-antix.7-486-smp
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX driver: b44
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:17:08:42:c0:2b
           Card-2: Broadcom BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN driver: b43-pci-bridge
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:14:a5:d7:db:41
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 60.0GB (-)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: FUJITSU_MHV2060B size: 60.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 12G used: 4.2G (37%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 60.0C mobo: 56.0C 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 93 Uptime: 18 min Memory: 213.6/1000.1MB 
           Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.1.19
Antix are 13.2 and 13.1, both fully updated.
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jdmeaux1952
Joined: 01 Nov 2013
#5
Like anti said, post the contents of the /boot/grub/menu.lst in the antiX version that controls grub and we shall take a look.
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Aleph
Joined: 09 Aug 2013
#6
anticapitalista wrote:You have to decide whether to use grub-legacy or grub2 (newer) as your default bootloader.
antiX-13 and earlier use grub-legacy and MX-14 uses grub2.

If you want grub2 then it is probably quicker to reinstall MX-14, install grub to MBR when requested and then edit the menus.

If you want to keep what you have now, grub-legacy, then post the contents of the /boot/grub/menu.lst in the antiX version that controls grub.
Also post output of this in a root terminal.

blkid

Hi anticapitalista,

grub-legacy is ok for me if it works...

Here are the codes:

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default 0
timeout 10
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 003f7d
gfxmenu /boot/grub/message

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=c386bc49-a6dc-4cfb-bda6-976e9d684449 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,0)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
##      lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(single-user) single
# altoptions=(single-user mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 3.7.10-antix.7-486-smp
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-3.7.10-antix.7-486-smp root=UUID=c386bc49-a6dc-4cfb-bda6-976e9d684449 ro 
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-3.7.10-antix.7-486-smp

title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 3.7.10-antix.7-486-smp (single-user mode)
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-3.7.10-antix.7-486-smp root=UUID=c386bc49-a6dc-4cfb-bda6-976e9d684449 ro single
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-3.7.10-antix.7-486-smp

title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 3.7.10-antix.5-486-smp
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-3.7.10-antix.5-486-smp root=UUID=c386bc49-a6dc-4cfb-bda6-976e9d684449 ro 
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-3.7.10-antix.5-486-smp

title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 3.7.10-antix.5-486-smp (single-user mode)
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-3.7.10-antix.5-486-smp root=UUID=c386bc49-a6dc-4cfb-bda6-976e9d684449 ro single
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-3.7.10-antix.5-486-smp

title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel memtest86+
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/memtest86+.bin

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

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# blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="c386bc49-a6dc-4cfb-bda6-976e9d684449" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sda5: UUID="d4c8767d-bd45-42bb-a96b-e602d2d88073" TYPE="swap" 
/dev/sda6: UUID="5060cccc-f5d2-4f90-8b9b-5219b7ae445b" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sda7: UUID="639b78e9-640b-4119-89bf-24ad76282944" TYPE="ext4"
anticapitalista
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#7
I should have asked for / etc/fstab as well
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Aleph
Joined: 09 Aug 2013
#8
anticapitalista wrote:I should have asked for / etc/fstab as well
Here is:

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# Pluggable devices are handled by uDev, they are not in fstab
UUID=c386bc49-a6dc-4cfb-bda6-976e9d684449 / auto defaults,noatime 1 1
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
UUID=97af3715-fb00-4356-89af-d83c6eec4f92 swap swap sw,pri=1 0 0
UUID=acef306d-9540-40f1-ad78-e675697ad14f /media/sda6 ext4 noauto,users,exec,relatime 0 0
UUID=639b78e9-640b-4119-89bf-24ad76282944 /media/sda7 ext4 noauto,users,exec,relatime 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0
/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
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Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#9
Try adding these lines

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title      MX-14-pae
root      (hd0,5)
kernel    /boot/vmlinuz-3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae root=UUID=acef306d-9540-40f1-ad78-e675697ad14f ro  quiet 
initrd   /boot/initrd.img-3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae
If you are using the non-pae version change vmlinuz-3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae to vmlinuz-3.12-0.bpo.1-486 and
initrd.img-3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae to initrd.img-3.12-0.bpo.1-486

Add just below

default 0
timeout 10
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 003f7d

gfxmenu /boot/grub/message

{here}
Posts: 243
Aleph
Joined: 09 Aug 2013
#10
anticapitalista wrote:Try adding these lines

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title      MX-14-pae
root      (hd0,5)
kernel    /boot/vmlinuz-3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae root=UUID=acef306d-9540-40f1-ad78-e675697ad14f ro  quiet 
initrd   /boot/initrd.img-3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae
If you are using the non-pae version change vmlinuz-3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae to vmlinuz-3.12-0.bpo.1-486 and
initrd.img-3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae to initrd.img-3.12-0.bpo.1-486

Add just below

default 0
timeout 10
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 003f7d

gfxmenu /boot/grub/message

{here}
Hi anti,

it doesn't works, message:

dev UUID=acef306d-9540-40f1-ad78-e675697ad14f doesen't exist
anticapitalista
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Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#11
Do an upgrade-grub in a root terminal and post the output.
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male
Joined: 04 Nov 2011
#12
Aleph wrote:blkid
...
/dev/sda6: UUID="5060cccc-f5d2-4f90-8b9b-5219b7ae445b" TYPE="ext4"
..

fstab
..
UUID=acef306d-9540-40f1-ad78-e675697ad14f /media/sda6 ext4 noauto,users,exec,relatime 0 0
..
which UUID for MX-14 __{{emoticon}}__ __{{emoticon}}__
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Aleph
Joined: 09 Aug 2013
#13
anticapitalista wrote:Do an upgrade-grub in a root terminal and post the output.
# update-grub
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-3.7.10-antix.7-486-smp
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-3.7.10-antix.5-486-smp
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
anticapitalista
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#14
Sorry, I meant the /boot/grub/menu.lst output

Also, you have 2 different uuids for /dev/sda6 as male spotted.
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Aleph
Joined: 09 Aug 2013
#15
anticapitalista wrote:Sorry, I meant the /boot/grub/menu.lst output

Also, you have 2 different uuids for /dev/sda6 as male spotted.
Sorry.

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default 0
timeout 10
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 003f7d
gfxmenu /boot/grub/message

title      MX-14-pae
root      (hd0,5)
kernel    /boot/vmlinuz-3.12-0.bpo.1-486 root=UUID=acef306d-9540-40f1-ad78-e675697ad14f ro  quiet 
initrd   /boot/initrd.img-3.12-0.bpo.1-486
### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=c386bc49-a6dc-4cfb-bda6-976e9d684449 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,0)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
##      lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(single-user) single
# altoptions=(single-user mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 3.7.10-antix.7-486-smp
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-3.7.10-antix.7-486-smp root=UUID=c386bc49-a6dc-4cfb-bda6-976e9d684449 ro 
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-3.7.10-antix.7-486-smp

title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 3.7.10-antix.7-486-smp (single-user mode)
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-3.7.10-antix.7-486-smp root=UUID=c386bc49-a6dc-4cfb-bda6-976e9d684449 ro single
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-3.7.10-antix.7-486-smp

title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 3.7.10-antix.5-486-smp
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-3.7.10-antix.5-486-smp root=UUID=c386bc49-a6dc-4cfb-bda6-976e9d684449 ro 
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-3.7.10-antix.5-486-smp

title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 3.7.10-antix.5-486-smp (single-user mode)
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-3.7.10-antix.5-486-smp root=UUID=c386bc49-a6dc-4cfb-bda6-976e9d684449 ro single
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-3.7.10-antix.5-486-smp

title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel memtest86+
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/memtest86+.bin

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST