Katherine Moss said the following on 01/20/2013 07:15 PM:
Hi all, I'm completely new to linux; I'm using OpenSuse as my entry into the Linux world, so forgive me if this is a stupid question, but it's really a showstopper for me. I have installed OpenSuse as a virtual machine in VMware Workstation, and since that environment doesn't offer much customization, I realized that I had to switch the desktop environment from KDE 4 to Gnome 3 using the terminal. There was the problem though; when entering the terminal with Alt+Control+ F2, I received the following message: GRUB loading. Welcome to GRUB error: file ‘/boot/grub2/locate/en.MO.gz’ not found.
Unlike Felix I'm not prejudiced against grub2 and use it extensively. I may not know a lot about it but I can read and speculate. The nice thing about UNIX/Linux is that so much of the config is just source files. I can read /boot/grub2/grub.cfg and see if there is a reference to that. And I think you mean 'locale' not 'locate'. Those are 'message catalogue' files, they are the translation of the message strings of a program into different languages. Its not directly on the path to a solution, but read up on how Linux handles different languages and you'll see how the two-letter country files come into play. Just for the reference, my install, for which I said 'American English' (Even though I'm a British (as opposed to French) speaking Canadian) all the way though the install, doesn't have a "boot/grub2/locale/en* file either. You might care to look at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=817187 If you have problems with the fixes suggested please ask. Fedora is a much more pioneering distribution, but it also sees fixes and stabilizes out much faster. In one sense I agree with Felix; grub2 is bleeding edge for Suse, but its stable on my Fedora machines, and despite that bug report I didn't notice it on F16 of F17. Its always worth checking bug reports and for some thing worth checking the bug reports of other distributions. I gather this is a 'cosmetic' problem , that suse still boots? Never the less I'm confused as to why you found it necessary to try Gnome3 as a solution to this. -- Bullet proof vest vendors do not need to demonstrate that naked people are vulnerable to gunfire. Similarly, a security consultant does not need to demonstrate an actual vulnerability in order to claim there is a valid risk. The lack of a live exploit does not mean there is no risk. - Crispin Cowan, 23 Aug 2002 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org