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DaveCode

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Registered: 2008-08-15

Posts: 103

Grub Ugly Menu in Arch Stock

I just re-enabled GRUB's boot menu to see what choices default Arch GRUB makes. I have standard Arch. To see its menu I put

GRUB_TIMEOUT=-1
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true

and did the reconfig steps. Now is it just me, or is Arch Linux GRUB using really bad names? Here's the stock Arch GRUB boot menu verbatim:

Arch Linux pkg-linux kernel
Arch Linux pkg-linux kernel (fallback initramfs)
Arch Linux, with Linux linux
Memory Tester (memtest86+)

I do not understand these entries, never mind my users. Just wanted to ask around before I muck about with settings. Yes it is "GRUB2" or

$ pacman -Q grub
grub 1:2.02.beta2-1

In /etc/grub.d I have only unmodified stock Arch files. The only changed file is /etc/default/grub itself.

Why do I get so many menu items, how can I shut them off inside /etc/default/grub, and why are the descriptions so weirdly cryptic? What does "with Linux linux" mean?

All I really want are two choices for different vid settings and maybe a third for a separate ISO file containing another distro. I can use 'e' to edit the vid settings on the kernel line but it's for end users who would be lost.

Thanks

Last edited by DaveCode (2014-02-27 05:57:17)

Neburski

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Registered: 2009-09-15

Posts: 118

Re: Grub Ugly Menu in Arch Stock

Why do I get so many menu items, how can I shut them off inside /etc/default/grub

It's a known bug. Currently grub creates a duplicate entry for the same Arch installation.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GR … ation_file
You can also find in that wiki entry how to adjust your menu entries.

DaveCode

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Registered: 2008-08-15

Posts: 103

Re: Grub Ugly Menu in Arch Stock

Thanks for confirmation. Of course I've read Arch wiki and know how GRUB works. The issue is coordinating custom mods with Arch stock files so GRUB package updates do not clobber them. Have you got a URL for the known bug? Is it in GRUB or Arch or both? Thanks.

tumas

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Registered: 2012-02-08

Posts: 89

Re: Grub Ugly Menu in Arch Stock

Check the last comment at https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/38222?p … tring=grub
"chmod -x /etc/grub.d/10_linux" + recreating the grub.cfg file by grub-mkconfig helped on my system. This gave me only two entries, one for the stock kernel and one for the fallback.
If you still do not like the "pkg"-naming, you can rename it the way u like it by editing /boot/grub/grub.cfg (though it is not recommended to change this file directly)

Last edited by tumas (2014-03-03 19:59:11)