Re: Unable to use grub2

2009-01-05 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 19:07 -0800, Colin D Bennett wrote: > On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 07:32:36 +0530 > "Varun Deshpande" wrote: > > > hi > > i am very new here. > > i want to contribute for grub. so first step to compile grub code & > > install it. i complied code with normal way i.e. > > ./configure >

Re: recent builds for grub2?

2009-01-05 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 02:57 +0100, Michael Reichenbach wrote: > Hi! > > Are there recent binary builds of grub2 for i386? > > Can someone provide please a recent build of grub2 with latest features > enabled (USB...)? You may get better replies if you explain why you cannot compile grub2. Please

Re: [PATCH] menu.c clearer instructions

2009-01-05 Thread jidanni
JY> Committed a variant of this patch into the repository. OK, thanks. Say, three semi-patches of mine remain to be resolved. Their subjects were: [PATCH] grub-install message should mention --recheck [semi-PATCH] grub.texi: emergency booting without root passwd cmdline.c: ESC at any time exits: o

Re: incoming font engine update

2009-01-05 Thread Vesa Jääskeläinen
Vesa Jääskeläinen wrote: > Couple of days went and now patch finally went in. I have updated > gfxterm part of the wiki to match new font enngine: I also moved common video subsystem code to common.rmk so that other architectures builds nicely too :) This does not however mean that all architectu

Re: Building a steady release cycle

2009-01-05 Thread Vesa Jääskeläinen
Jerone Young wrote: > Hey guys, > > I wanted to start up a discussion on building a steady release > cycle. Many distros are now looking for some stability from Grub 2 as they > are looking to include it in future releases. I was recently at the Ubuntu > Developer Summit in December discus

Re: [PATCH] GSoC #10 new font engine (UTF-8 support+bugfix)

2009-01-05 Thread Jerone Young
I think if it's not too much work it would be worth a try. The thing I see is often times we think something is temporary and that ends up being a long time. So having something that works with gcj would be better. Thanks, Jerone On Mo

Re: [PATCH] GSoC #10 new font engine (UTF-8 support+bugfix)

2009-01-05 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Sun, 4 Jan 2009 23:05:40 -0600 "Jerone Young" wrote: > File util/fonttool/src/org/gnu/grub/fonttool/PFF2Loader.java didn't > make it into the repository. > > Jerone Oops! You're right; my patch is irrelevant since PFF2Loader.java is used only for the 'Viewer' tools, which Vesa