Sunday, April 12, 2015

How to fix Wubi after Ubuntu 14.04 upgrade

I've been planned to convert the Wubi installation on my old PC to a complete Ubuntu system long time ago, but the hassle of backing up Windows files has held me back. End of the day, Wubi is a relatively safe option comparing to true dual-system solutions, and I'm keeping Windows 7 on this machine anyway. So I ended up finally upgrading Wubi to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS today.

As expected, Ubuntu failed to start after upgrading. The fix is quite easy (for my case at least...):
1. In choosing system screen, choose Ubuntu and press "Enter"
2. Press "Shift" immediately after to enter Grub menu
3. Press "e" at Grub menu to edit the Grub menu
4. Replace
"linux /boot/$your Linux version$ root=$some ID number$ loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro   quiet splash $vt_handoff"
to
"linux /boot/$your Linux version$ root=$some ID number$ loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk rw   quiet splash $vt_handoff"
5. Press F10 to boot into Ubuntu
6. If you succeed in boot into Ubuntu this time, make your change permanent by making the same edit in /etc/grub.d/10_lupin:
"sudo vi /etc/grub.d/10_lupin"
"sudo update-grub"
If you don't use vim, any other text editor such as gedit can do as well. Just don't forget to add "sudo", otherwise you won't be able to save your change.
7. Open /boot/grub/grub.cfg to confirm that the change has also been made there by update-grub.
8. Restart your system to check if everything works well now.

At step 2, if you hold another key instead of "Shift", you will very likely end up here:
"[ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported.For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists possible device/file completions]
grub>"
In this case, type "reboot" and wait for the choosing system screen to appear to try again with the before-mentioned solution.

To know more about what this fix does, read here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Troubleshooting
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2217829

If you still can't start Ubuntu normally, try something here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1594052

Monday, February 02, 2015

2014年展览参观总结+2015年计划

2014年的博物馆去得不多,但是演出真是看了不少,不仅是奥斯陆歌剧院的常客,巴黎歌剧院也没少去。

2月:Truls Mørk med La Suisse Romande,挪威芭蕾舞团《奥涅金》
6月:冰岛雷克雅未克Midsummer音乐节
8月:奥斯陆歌剧院《蝴蝶夫人》
9月:Elvelangs i fakkellys,Mesteraften med Jiri Kylián 10月:Kammer-Kylián: Last Touch First 11月:挪威芭蕾舞团《罗密欧与朱丽叶》,巴黎歌剧院《波西米亚人》,《托斯卡》,《泪泉》
12月:巴黎歌剧院芭蕾舞学校汇报演出

2015年已经定了5月底巴黎歌剧院的票,其他待定:)

Sunday, February 01, 2015

2014赏花总结+2015年计划

2014年的计划执行情况只能用两个字来总结:惭愧... 4月瑞士Locarno的山茶花和 5月奥地利Bad aussee的水仙花都没有去成,8月的Alps也取消了,只有奥斯陆周边还去的比较充分,8月9月去了几趟挪威的国家公园登山,总算没有太惭愧。

3月:奥斯陆植物园
4月:苏黎世郊区
6月:奥斯陆周边Nordmarka
8月:高山野花:Jotunheimen - Galdhøpiggen
9月:红叶:Hardangervidda - Rjukan, Sikkilsdalshø

2015年打算省钱,所以估计也不会去得太多,但是有一项重头戏:日本赏樱!希望今年的樱花时节不要让我失望:)

3月:奥斯陆植物园/巴黎植物园
4月:日本樱花
6月:奥斯陆周边Nordmarka
8月:高山野花:Jotunheimen
9月:红叶:Hardangervidda

其他的就看情况了,希望能够超额完成!