[ale] Ubuntu upgrade

[Brian Pitts]

On 07/05/2010 07:20 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> since it sounds like the system is going into a non-multi-user mode by
> default, lets try a test to see if it will go to a full X session.
>
> boot it to the root login prompt and enter the root password. run
> telinit 3 and log in as a regular user. run startx and test if the
> system x will run
>
> If all of that succeeds, logout as regular user and back in as root and
> run telinit 5. If that's OK then the upgrade broke and didn't finish
> configuring the grub setting.
>
> So the file to edit manually in fedora-land is /boot/grub/grub.conf and
> in ubuntu-land it's /boot/grub/menu.1st (I think). That is what grub
> uses to know what stuff to pass to the kernel during the initial start
> up. Odds are you won't find "single" on any kernel line but if you do,
> delete it.
>
> Maybe I'm being stubborn but I _like_ /etc/inittab. However adding
> RUNLEVEL=5 to the grub kernel line won't break anything.

Runlevels 2-5 are identical by default in Ubuntu and Debian.

Ubuntu uses GRUB2. The GRUB2 configuration in /boot is programatically 
generated. DO not edit it. Edit /etc/default/grub instead, then run 
update-grub.

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All the best,
Brian Pitts