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 0F0E11391DB for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:43:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A5BCCE0AD2; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:42:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9A74DE0A82 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:42:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E680433F8F9 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:42:51 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.401 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.401 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.864, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.535, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id p4O1b9VUmHgF for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:42:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 997C033FD19 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:42:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WSYB9-0005dL-HU for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:42:37 +0100 Received: from rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com ([71.40.157.251]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:42:35 +0100 Received: from wireless by rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:42:35 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] grub2 defaults Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:42:07 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: 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: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 71.40.157.251 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:28.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/28.0 SeaMonkey/2.25) X-Archives-Salt: 595e3d53-6c35-4691-9814-0aa944f16f7a X-Archives-Hash: a292411e3c04365e007fa15079a7954e Howdy, So I have these entries in my /etc/default/grub file: GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Gentoo" GRUB_DEFAULT=kernel-3.13.6-gentoo GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=3 GRUB_TIMEOUT=10 GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768 I ran 'grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg' after the last ebuild of 3.13.6-gentoo /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 Obviously, I like to kept kernel experiments around a while.... So when I get the Grub2 (ascii) boot menu and just select the default, it boots kernel-3.13.7-gentoo, despite 'kernel-3.13.6-gentoo' being set in as the default for Grub2? Comment thoughts and suggestions, including deeper reading on grub2 is most welcome, particulary Grub2 examples. Also, is there a nice 'gui' boot-menu for grub2 ? It seems to take several repeated attemps for grub2 to correctly use the kernel I desire, despite what syntax/order I use. If I boot a kernel that is not the default, it takes about 2 minutes, then another 2 minutes of blank screen then it boot fairly quickly. The mobo is a GA-99FXA-UD3 and this might not have the bios/uefi/??? optimally configured? (first gigabyte moble). The is what I have read on grub2 (man pages, gentoo wiki) so additional reading, with some useful examples would also be much appreciated.