Fixing Windows 7 MBR overwritten by Grub2

Dear Readers,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Recently I faced the problem of having the MBR of my IDE HDD being overwritten by Grub2. I found an article describing the recovery process: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392. Unfortunately when I tried that, the System Recovery Options window was not listing any OS! I figured out that I had to disable my other HDD (on which Linux - Debian was installed) and retry. This time I could see the Windows 7 installation listed in the recovery window. Startup Repair options didn't work and I had to resolve to opening the command prompt and using bootrec.exe. All I had to type at the command prompt was

C:
cd boot
bootrec /FixMbr

Maybe the first two lines are not even required!.
Done by the mercy of Sridharaswamy Maharaja.

gjig errors revealing

Jai Srila Prabhupada

When I tried running gjig as root, I learned a few things about running graphical programs as root. The method of using 'su' to become root is only relevant if the program is non-graphical (doesn't use X11). The right way is to use gksu.

Om namo bhagavate sridharaya

Switching to a pseudo-terminal in Debian

Ctrl+Alt+F, where n >= 1 AND n <=8. Usually Gnome desktop runs at n=8 (tty8)

Om namo shridaraya

Resolving "Could not update ICEAuthority /var/lib/gdm3

Here is the error message that you might encounter before logging into gnome desktop:

Could not update .ICEauthority file  /var/lib/gdm3/.ICEauthority

I have resolved this problem by simply removing that file and let gdm3 daemon re-create it. The commands below must be executed with root privileges.

/etc/init.d/gdm3 stop rm /var/lib/gdm3/.ICEauthority* /etc/init.d/gdm3 start 
perform the above steps from another pseudo terminal (the terminal in which the gnome desktop runs is tty8)

Om namo shridharaya

Enabling the ability to view Kannada on Linux

Need to install ttf-kannada-fonts package. This package enables us to view text displayed in kedage and mallige fonts. Additional packages may have to be installed for viewing text in other fonts.

Om namo sridharaya.