Computer freezes when entering Yast - Boot Loader - Section Management.

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#1

I just want to change the text displayed on bootup from “Desktop - opensuse - lotsaversion numbers” to “OpenSUSE 11.3”.

I tried doing it during installation, but it didn’t seem to take affect, and now it won’t let me do it through Yast

#2

You can manually edit your grub menu using the following command. Be careful to stick with just the menu description lines. If you are using KDE then use the menu Run Command:

kdesu kwrite /boot/grub/menu.lst

You must enter the root password then you will be using kwrite. Make your changes, then save the file, close the file and quite kwrite. Reboot to see if you made the change you wanted.

Thank You,

#3

I have a weird problem here as well, when i try to rename OPensuse, my computer restarts without fail (KDE)

#4

openSUSE uses the standard Grub menu system which reads a text file called menu.lst located in the /boot/grub folder. You can edit this file, but you must do so with root permissions. The command to edit this file in KDE would be, using the menu Run Command:

kdesu kwrite /boot/grub/menu.lst

Using the above command I have no problems changing the names of my enteries using the KDE program kwrite. Here is an example of my menu.lst file. I am loading openSUSE from a different drive from that which includes Windows XP, which is why this command may look different from your Windows load command, if you have one.

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sat Jul  3 19:04:53 CDT 2010
# THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader
# Configure custom boot parameters for updated kernels in /etc/sysconfig/bootloader

default saved
updatedefaultentry=true
savedefault=true
fallback 0
timeout 30
##YaST - generic_mbr
gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/message
##YaST - activate

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 1###
title Windows XP Professional
    savedefault 0
    map (hd1) (hd0)
    map (hd0) (hd1)
    rootnoverify (hd1,0)
    makeactive
    chainloader +1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title Desktop -- openSUSE 11.3 - 2.6.34-12
    savedefault 1
    root (hd0,1)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_7H500F0_H81AGJDH-part2 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_7H500F0_H81AGJDH-part1 splash=silent quiet nomodeset showopts vga=0x346
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-desktop

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.3 - 2.6.34-12
    savedefault 2
    root (hd0,1)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_7H500F0_H81AGJDH-part2 showopts apm=off noresume edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe vga=0x346
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-desktop

Thank You,

#5

Does this look OK?

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Tue Jul 20 17:05:49 EDT 2010
# THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader
# Configure custom boot parameters for updated kernels in /etc/sysconfig/bootloader

default 1
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,5)/boot/message
##YaST - activate

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title OpenSUSE 11.3
    root (hd0,5)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250318AS_5VM1GPGA-part6 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250318AS_5VM1GPGA-part5 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x345
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-desktop

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows XP
    rootnoverify (hd0,0)
    chainloader +1
#6

Your menu.lst file looks just fine to me MarthKoopa and it should work OK.

Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Tue Jul 20 17:05:49 EDT 2010

THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader

Configure custom boot parameters for updated kernels in /etc/sysconfig/bootloader

default 1
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,5)/boot/message
##YaST - activate

###Don’t change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title OpenSUSE 11.3
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250318AS_5VM1GPGA-part6 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250318AS_5VM1GPGA-part5 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x345
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-desktop

###Don’t change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
Thank You,