[SOLVED] debian hiding Ubuntu???

[X8ballX]

hi i am new to the whole linux system but figured id give it a try after fighting with windows for far too long. my problem is that i had ubuntu 9.1 installed on 1 partition of my 160GB SATA drive and after i installed debian 5 on another partitoin i dont have the option to open ubuntu 9.1. is there any way of fixing this???

p.s. the only reason i installed debian was because in ubuntu 9.1 the highest screen resolution i am able to select is 800x600 but in debian it gives me options as high as 1280x800. i would much rather use Ubuntu 9.1 if someone could please explain how to get back to it and change my resolution

[devils casper]

Its easy to fix problem unless you have installed Debian over Ubuntu Partition.
Boot up Debian and execute this in Terminal

su -
/sbin/fdisk -l
df -h

Post output here.
* Its small L in fdisk -l.


If you correct driver for your Graphics Card and set supported values xorg.conf, you can fix Resolution problem in Ubuntu easily.

[X8ballX]

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19452 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000ac97b

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 9301 74710251 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 18658 19452 6385837+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda3 * 9302 17811 68356575 83 Linux
/dev/sda5 18658 19452 6385806 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order
dan:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 65G 2.6G 59G 5% /
tmpfs 1.3G 0 1.3G 0% /lib/init/rw
udev 10M 832K 9.2M 9% /dev
tmpfs 1.3G 0 1.3G 0% /dev/shm



thanks for the fast reply

[devils casper]

Boot up from Ubuntu LiveCD, open Terminal and execute this

sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda
sudo umount /mnt

Reboot machine. Ubuntu's GRUB Menu will appear at startup.
If its Menu doesn't show an entry for Debian, boot up Ubuntu from Hard disk and execute 'sudo update-grub' command. It will detect Debian and re-generate GRUB Menu.

sudo update-grub

If above method fixes your problem, we will try to fix Resolution problem in Ubuntu.

[X8ballX]

yes that worked perfectly thank you. i now have the option of booting ubuntu or debian. i still cannot get my screen resolution higher than 800x600 tho

[devils casper]

Lets fix Resolution problem now.
Execute this in Ubuntu Terminal

sudo lspci | grep -i vga

Post output here.

[X8ballX]

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 04)

[devils casper]

This card doesn't need any proprietary driver. It looks like xorg.conf file is not configured correctly.
Post the contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file here.

[X8ballX]

it says this


bash: /etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory

[oz]

it says this

bash: /etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory

Try it like this:

cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf