From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C22DD1391DB for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:48:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4D6A4E09D2; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:48:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31F01E09AE for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:48:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (shooty.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.8]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id CCEB1202C0 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:48:00 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:47:53 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] grub2 defaults Message-ID: <20140325214753.7785c0c4@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3-54-g9261c8 (GTK+ 2.24.22; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/a0Mt4v6bz5tY.+=y7tTK6GG"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 0c02df1b-d68d-429d-97a2-0aeb30393201 X-Archives-Hash: de7c6b1ca9e0e10ed46d19550c04c2ba --Sig_/a0Mt4v6bz5tY.+=y7tTK6GG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:42:07 +0000 (UTC), James wrote: > So I have these entries in my /etc/default/grub file: >=20 > GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=3D"Gentoo" > GRUB_DEFAULT=3Dkernel-3.13.6-gentoo > GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=3D3 > GRUB_TIMEOUT=3D10 > GRUB_GFXMODE=3D1024x768 >=20 > I ran 'grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg' > after the last ebuild of 3.13.6-gentoo >=20 >=20 > /boot shows: > kernel-3.13.0-gentoo > kernel-3.13.0-gentoo-r1 > kernel-3.13.1-gentoo > kernel-3.13.6-gentoo > kernel-3.13.6B-gentoo > kernel-3.13.7-gentoo >=20 >=20 > Obviously, I like to kept kernel experiments around a while.... >=20 > So when I get the Grub2 (ascii) boot menu and just select the=20 > default, it boots kernel-3.13.7-gentoo, despite=20 > 'kernel-3.13.6-gentoo' being set in as the default for Grub2? DEFAULT, if not set to a number, matches the title or --id of a menu entry, not the kernel name (you could have several entries with the same kernel). > Also, is there a nice 'gui' boot-menu for grub2 ? Yes, GRUB2 can use themes. The starfield theme is included, uncomment the GRUB_THEME setting in the defaults file. > The is what I have read on grub2 (man pages, gentoo wiki) so additional > reading, with some useful examples would also be much appreciated. The grub info pages are more helpful than the man page. --=20 Neil Bothwick Always be sincere even if you don't mean it. --Sig_/a0Mt4v6bz5tY.+=y7tTK6GG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlMx+Y8ACgkQum4al0N1GQOCAwCgmlovY8jEwd28W1gCUbB3c1Ek QvcAnRgJ72kj6YDlwojlmWyfqd42MuPK =DpKC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/a0Mt4v6bz5tY.+=y7tTK6GG--