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Tano

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Registered: 2016-10-20

Posts: 1

[SOLVED] Bootctl menu not showing up

After a relatively fresh install of Arch (dualbooting together with Windows), I noted that my computer sometimes completely freezes. In order to test whether it is the kernel, I installed linux-lts. Since I use the bootmenu of bootctl, I created a new conf-file in /boot/loader/entries named lts.conf:

title archLTS
linux /vmlinuz-linux-lts
initrd /intel-ucode.img
initrd /initramfs-linux-lts.img
options root=PARTUUID=<here my ID> rw

My loader.conf looks as follows

default arch
timeout 10
editor 0

In this code, arch is my normal kernel.
Since the bootmenu already worked, I have used 'sudo bootctl update' to update the menu. However, since then my computer immediately boots into arch, without showing the bootmenu. I note that the arch.conf is being used, as dmesg shows me that the microcode is loaded. Furthermore, if I press space during the bootup, I do get the bootmenu.

How do I get the bootmenu back by default (without pressing space)?

Thanks in advance!

Edit: for the sake of completeness my efibootmgr output

archtano% efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0003
Timeout: 2 seconds
BootOrder: 0003,0002
Boot0002* Windows Boot Manager	HD(1,GPT,5ef11a0f-c129-4f74-85e8-97eaab725a5e,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BOOTMGFW.EFI)WINDOWS.........x...B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6.2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}...9................
Boot0003* Linux Boot Manager	HD(1,GPT,5ef11a0f-c129-4f74-85e8-97eaab725a5e,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\SYSTEMD\SYSTEMD-BOOTX64.EFI)

EDIT: people in the #archlinux IRC channel helped me out. Solution:
1) enable editor in the loader.conf
2) reboot and hold space to get in the boot menu
3) type ' +' to increase timeout timer
4) on a new reboot the bootmenu shows up again.

Still not sure what went wrong. If you want any more details, let me know!

Last edited by Tano (2016-10-20 12:24:21)

smnpl

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From: Germany

Registered: 2015-01-07

Posts: 54

Re: [SOLVED] Bootctl menu not showing up

Hi, just had the same issue and came across your thread. Your solution helped me as well, so...

Cheers for documenting it!

(Still baffled how I would have found "holding space during boot and pressind +" without this thread ^^)

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V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 24,520

Re: [SOLVED] Bootctl menu not showing up

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System … figuration

Closing this old thread.

Last edited by V1del (2021-07-26 21:02:24)