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    jeetle
    deepin
    2021-04-20 08:14
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    Hello. I have an ultrabook Huawei Matebook 13 WRTB-WAH9L, installed on it in parallel with Windows, Deepin 20.2. But there was a small problem. As I understand it, the fingerprint driver was not detected, is it possible to fix the problem? And also, if you select the Windows Boot Manager item through GRUB, then nothing further happens. How to fix it? If you press the F12 key and select Windows Boot Manager, then Windows 10 Pro boots correctly, but nothing happens through GRUB.

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    deepin
    2021-04-20 08:29
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    deepin
    2021-04-20 08:34
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    Actually the GRUB that Deepin use is a little out-of-date, and it is a known issue that on some ultrabook you can't boot windows form grub directly.

     

    The solution is simple, you can install rEFInd to replace grub and boot windows from that.

    Or compile grub 2.0.5 or newer version and replace the old ones.

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    deepin
    2021-04-20 08:49
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    deepin
    2021-04-20 08:57
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    jeetle
    deepin
    2021-04-21 02:41
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    Actually the GRUB that Deepin use is a little out-of-date, and it is a known issue that on some ultrabook you can't boot windows form grub directly.

     

    The solution is simple, you can install rEFInd to replace grub and boot windows from that.

    Or compile grub 2.0.5 or newer version and replace the old ones.

    How do I compile grub 2.0.5?

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    deepin
    2021-04-21 03:45
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    jeetle：

    How do I compile grub 2.0.5?

    Sorry, I think I made a mistake...... Seems that the latest version is 2.04, and you can download its source code here: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grub/.

    For example, you choose grub-2.04.tar.gz and download it. Decompress the package and follow the instructions in file INSTALL and you can complie grub yourself.

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    jeetle
    deepin
    2021-04-21 08:06
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    忘记、过去：

    Sorry, I think I made a mistake...... Seems that the latest version is 2.04, and you can download its source code here: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grub/.

    For example, you choose grub-2.04.tar.gz and download it. Decompress the package and follow the instructions in file INSTALL and you can complie grub yourself.

    Thank you. So far, solved the problem with the help of rEFInd. But is it possible to remove the horn in this case? When I run deepine, GRUB also starts. Can I find out which version of GRUB is currently installed?

    Another question: Fingerprint sensor, can't be fixed? Do you want to install the required driver, or is there no driver?

    And the last question, when I installed Deepin, I had in the BIOS and when I pressed the key F12 this:

    UOS (WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1027)

    ubuntu (WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1027)

    Is it normal? Why do I get to GRUB when I click any of them?

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    deepin
    2021-04-21 21:24
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    1.1 In dde-control-center you can disable "startup delay" to skip grub, if rEFInd works well on your laotop.

    (Not sure if I describe it correctly, but you can run "dde-control-center -m commoninfo" to access it directly......)

     

    1.2 Run "apt list grub2" and you can see it should be 2.02 in use? For it's the only version available in server......

     

    2. Currently there is no solution for fingerprint sensor, most of their vendor don't provide driver for Linux...... For now only a few sensors produced in China are compatible with Deepin / UOS, and unfortunately it is not widely used on common laptops yet.

    (You can still try "fprintd" to see if your sensor can be recognized......)

     

    3. It is normal that you can see "ubuntu" in your boot options. Though it is confusing, but it has always been like this since Deepin V15 or ever older versions......

    (I can't explain why, but what I can tell you is that DON'T delete "ubuntu" folder in your EFI system partition, or you can't get to GRUB through "UOS" option. But if you delete "UOS" folder, you can still get to GRUB from "ubuntu" option......)

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    jeetle
    deepin
    2021-06-16 08:30
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    Please tell me, have these problems been resolved in 20.2.1?

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