Bug 139603 - KDM: Select grub menu entry on reboot fails
Bug#: 139603 Product:  Gentoo Linux Version: 2006.0 Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux Status: RESOLVED Severity: normal Priority: P2
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: kde@gentoo.org Reported By: g.menke@gmx.net
Component: KDE
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Summary: KDM: Select grub menu entry on reboot fails
Keywords:  
Status Whiteboard: 
Opened: 2006-07-07 14:14 0000
Description:   Opened: 2006-07-07 14:14 0000 
When I select a grub menu entry from kdm's reboot button, kdm tries to open a
grub shell and use the command "setdefault", which does not exist. Probably
there is a distro that patches grub to have that option, but in gentoo that is
not the case. I have made a patch so kdm uses "grub-set-default" instead, and
submitted it on bugs.kde.org. Until it eventually makes its way into a KDE
release, it is probably a good thing to add the patch to portage.
You can find it here: http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63800#c8

------- Comment #1 From Gert Menke 2006-07-07 14:16:03 0000 ------- 
Created an attachment (id=91166) [details]
Patch for KDM to use grub-set-default

------- Comment #2 From Carsten Lohrke 2006-07-07 17:12:38 0000 ------- 
Whoever takes a look at this, please take also 

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127045

into account. /me is lilo only, so...

------- Comment #3 From Ioannis Aslanidis 2006-08-30 08:18:57 0000 ------- 
I'll try to do something with this.

------- Comment #4 From Ioannis Aslanidis 2006-08-30 08:30:13 0000 ------- 
Note to self: both patches need to be applied to kde-base/kdebase and
kde-base/kdm

------- Comment #5 From Ioannis Aslanidis 2006-08-30 08:38:32 0000 ------- 
It might be smart to add the following einfo:

   First, modify your configuration file. Here is an example:

     default saved        # This is important!!!
     timeout 10

     title the old kernel
     root (hd0,0)
     kernel /old_kernel
     savedefault

     title the new kernel
     root (hd0,0)
     kernel /new_kernel
     savedefault 0         # This is important!!!

------- Comment #6 From Ioannis Aslanidis 2006-08-30 08:46:05 0000 ------- 
I notice that the patches are in fact 3 and not 2. I'll add them to
kde-base/kdm only for now. Once it gets tested enough we can move the patches
to kde-base/kdebase.

------- Comment #7 From Ioannis Aslanidis 2006-08-30 08:48:24 0000 ------- 
My bad, the patches are 2 definitely.

------- Comment #8 From Ioannis Aslanidis 2006-08-30 09:10:29 0000 ------- 
kde-base/kdm fixed in CVS

Proceeding with kde-base/kdebase

------- Comment #9 From Ioannis Aslanidis 2006-08-30 09:54:23 0000 ------- 
Patch for kde-base/kdebase will be added by carlo together with another patch
set. Marking as fixed.

------- Comment #10 From Ioannis Aslanidis 2006-09-08 04:19:14 0000 ------- 
*** Bug 143051 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***