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 77CF81387FD for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:43:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E3BA0E0ACD; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:43:26 +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 D25A1E0AA6 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:43:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E612733FD41 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:43:24 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.396 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.396 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.859, 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 Sv_MrnY9YQM2 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:43:19 +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 2991C33FD2D for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:43:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WSp2y-0005FE-BK for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:43:16 +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 ; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:43:16 +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 ; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:43:16 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: grub2 defaults Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:42:51 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20140325214753.7785c0c4@digimed.co.uk> 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: d2659efb-c098-4e11-803c-97e3748583f2 X-Archives-Hash: 74fecad14d0bcdd576094df7d5eaf25b Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > > GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Gentoo" > > GRUB_DEFAULT=kernel-3.13.6-gentoo > > GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=3 > > GRUB_TIMEOUT=10 > > GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768 > > /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 > > 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? > 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). Do you have syntax examples for --id, or is that just a generic descriptor? So would the option for local kernel versioning built into the kernel be recognized by grub2 to distinguishing between differnent (locale) versions of the same kernel version? menuconfig--> General Setup--> Local version-append to kernel release ??? OR: So how do I know which number matches which kernel, since using the name does not match them up as desired to select to boot? > Yes, GRUB2 can use themes. The starfield theme is included, uncomment the > GRUB_THEME setting in the defaults file. ok. I'll give this whirl and see what I come up with that works for my kernel experiments.... thx, James