unknown command vbeinfo (changing splashscreen) in 11.04

Abhishek Dixit abhidixit87 at gmail.com
Wed Sep 21 12:48:09 UTC 2011


On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 5:16 AM, Jeff G. <connyank at cox.net> wrote:
> On 09/20/2011 02:44 PM, Abhishek Dixit wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Goh Lip<g.lip at gmx.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 09/20/2011 07:01 PM, Abhishek Dixit wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> grub>    insmod vbe
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  grub>    pager=1      (#long list: so you can scroll) (I used here 1
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> not L)
>>>>>>  grub>    vbeinfo
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I tried upto here but I again got error
>>>> error:uknown command vbeinfo
>>>
>>> Sorry then Abhishek, that is very unusual. You may want to reinstall grub
>>> back and see if vbeinfo works. Normally we don't have to "insmod vbe" to
>>> do
>>> that. If you reinstall, note that grub.cfg will not change.
>
>> Well I had installed Ubuntu from Windows using Wubi.
>
> good to know, would have been useful at the start.
>
>> Some one told me when using Wubi then a lot of modules of grub (ex.
>> multiboot) etc are missing.
>> Which is the case as I am experiencing now.
>> So I do not feel even re installing will help me.
>>
>
> installing grub might be useful, those "missing" modules should load - I
> don't know wubi though...
>
>
I booted from a live USB stick.As per this  link
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224351
when I did a sudo grub
sudo grub
sudo: grub: command not found

and fdisk -l output shows

sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes  255 heads, 63
sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size
(logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal):  512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x711e302a


Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *       1          13      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2              13       10199    81816576    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3           10199       22947   102400000    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4           22947       38914   128249856    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5           22947       38914   128248832    7  HPFS/NTFS

which one of these contain the grub which I should re install?




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