apparent incompatibility with grub 2.6 and grub-customizer

difri84 · 2022-08-23 22:31:06

since update to grub 2.6, the grub customizer starts up with this error:

i downgraded grub to 2.4 and everything works flawless, but since i didnt find anything about this on the internet i'm doubting it may be a problem just about MY system.

does anyone experienced and incompatibility between grub 2.6 and grub-customizer?

i dont really like to hang package in ignorepkg too long

Last edited by difri84 (2022-08-24 00:04:59)

jskier · 2022-08-29 01:27:32

The latest 2.0.6 update has an issue with grub-customizer. I found below seems to work, but it's a bit of a shaky process (ended up needing to chroot once to make sure everything was cleaned up properly).

First, back up your /etc/default/grub, and /boot partition folder.

The proxifiedScripts line in the error message is the issue, that command doesn't work. You need to comment that out and add a new line below it:

linux=`echo $list | tr ' ' '\n' | sort -V | head -1 | cat`

It's all over search engines for Arch derivatives (heh, but not Arch itself), here's one:
https://github.com/theVakhovskeIsTaken/ … issues/458

Before you reboot, make sure you re-open the grub-customizer app and make sure it's error free. Furthermore, close out of customizer, and for good measure, running below, lest you need to use a recuse boot and chroot:

sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

If there are any errors at any point after the changes, revert to back up.

Jhackler · 2022-09-01 17:34:38

hey so it now takes multiple tries to boot and there seems to be 3 different ueifi / grub entries on my system. How would I go about repairing this?

jskier · 2022-09-02 01:34:58

You can use efibootmgr to clean up duplicate entries. Make note of which one works, and keep that.
Last resort -> I had to clear the CMOS on my older motherboard because it filled up, and I could not even delete the entries. Reinstalled grub2 from chroot, and was back up pretty quickly.

For various kernels, I would say either regenerate the config after the latest update (noted below), or use grub customizer, delete them, and save.

sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Grub2 has been a mess on Arch recently. The bugs for grub are noted here:
https://bugs.archlinux.org/index/proj1? … &sort=desc

NewtonPL · 2023-04-04 15:17:15

this is the fault of the script update mechanism. try this workaround:

sudo mv /etc/grub.d/10_linux /etc/grub.d/proxifiedScripts/linux

source: https://bugs.launchpad.net/grub-customizer/+bug/1992200

Arch Linux

#1 2022-08-23 22:31:06

apparent incompatibility with grub 2.6 and grub-customizer

#2 2022-08-29 01:27:32

Re: apparent incompatibility with grub 2.6 and grub-customizer

#3 2022-09-01 17:34:38

Re: apparent incompatibility with grub 2.6 and grub-customizer

#4 2022-09-02 01:34:58

Re: apparent incompatibility with grub 2.6 and grub-customizer

#5 2023-04-04 15:17:15

Re: apparent incompatibility with grub 2.6 and grub-customizer

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