From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 54D091382C5 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2021 20:24:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4136CE0C12; Mon, 14 Jun 2021 20:24:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pmta11.teksavvy.com (pmta11.teksavvy.com [76.10.157.34]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D4C9BE0BC3 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2021 20:24:41 +0000 (UTC) IronPort-SDR: qU/gv22gCyPSo3C2GO0ME8AjrOYIT6I9e3FRtvwzBLyeEuN1zj30/2TGGgW5cXzryULJXW2OJw eP1BBrfQT43Q== IronPort-HdrOrdr: =?us-ascii?q?A9a23=3Azi2FiaqbJrifMOFySJG08+MaV5o6eYIsim?= =?us-ascii?q?QD101hICG9Vvbo9fxG/c5rtiMc5wx9ZJhNo7q90ey7MBbhHP1OgbX5X43NYO?= =?us-ascii?q?COggLBR72Kr7GC/9SKIULDH4BmuZtdTw=3D=3D?= X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2FZBwDCusdg/wvUbkFaHgEBCxIMQAm?= =?us-ascii?q?BQwuDeGyIfIRQhlyCIzgBmw2BfAsBAQEBAQEBAQFHAQIEAQGESgQCAoJrJjU?= =?us-ascii?q?IDgIEAQEBEgEBAQUBAQEBAQYEAgKBAIV1hk8BBAE6HCgLCzQSEEcZhVghqle?= =?us-ascii?q?BNIEBhGSFK4E6jWpDQIEJRIQJLz6FEYUuBINzgSeBfy+QcYwUnmgKgxyBJwe?= =?us-ascii?q?cc5UDkGG8AQGCEn0IgyRQGQ5WjVUWjkgoLzgCBgoBAQMJVwGJCAEB?= X-IPAS-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2FZBwDCusdg/wvUbkFaHgEBCxIMQAmBQwuDeGyIfIRQh?= =?us-ascii?q?lyCIzgBmw2BfAsBAQEBAQEBAQFHAQIEAQGESgQCAoJrJjUIDgIEAQEBEgEBA?= =?us-ascii?q?QUBAQEBAQYEAgKBAIV1hk8BBAE6HCgLCzQSEEcZhVghqleBNIEBhGSFK4E6j?= =?us-ascii?q?WpDQIEJRIQJLz6FEYUuBINzgSeBfy+QcYwUnmgKgxyBJwecc5UDkGG8AQGCE?= =?us-ascii?q?n0IgyRQGQ5WjVUWjkgoLzgCBgoBAQMJVwGJCAEB?= X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.83,273,1616472000"; d="scan'208";a="166304327" Received: from 65-110-212-11.cpe.pppoe.ca (HELO waltdnes.org) ([65.110.212.11]) by smtp11.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 14 Jun 2021 16:24:39 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 14 Jun 2021 16:25:00 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2021 16:25:00 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Exact setting in grub to default to a kernel by name? Message-ID: References: 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Archives-Salt: 4990e948-6846-4d5d-9c65-b83b301fd07b X-Archives-Hash: b755a2057acbfc7e03d7197081e936a3 On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 08:38:50AM -0000, Grant Edwards wrote > Note that on this machine I just tell grub to search for the > filesystem with the label "root" instead of specifying it manually -- > though it is still specified manually for the kernel argument. I don't > remember why I did that... Because specifying it manually doesn't work... ask me how I found out. Partial success... the following gives me a working text mode menu just like the standard grub.cfg. ======================================================================== set timeout=15 insmod vga set gfxmode=640x480 set gfxpayload=640x480 insmod gfxterm terminal_output gfxterm search --set=root --label rootfs menuentry 'Linux Experimental' { linux /vmlinuz-experimental root=/dev/sda2 ro noexec=on net.ifnames=0 intel_pstate=disable ipv6.disable=1 } menuentry 'Linux Experimental Recovery' { linux /vmlinuz-experimental root=/dev/sda2 ro } menuentry 'Linux Production' { linux /vmlinuz-production root=/dev/sda2 ro noexec=on net.ifnames=0 intel_pstate=disable ipv6.disable=1 } menuentry 'Linux Production Recovery' { linux /vmlinuz-production root=/dev/sda2 ro } ======================================================================== Unfortunately, just like the standard grub.cfg, it's a tiny-looking text font on my 1920x1080 monitor that I have to squint at. Next step... what do I do to get a functioning GUI? -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications