> On 7 Jan 2023, at 15:42, Tim via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Tim: >>> I have to ask, since I see a lot of grubby posts (pun intended): >>> >>> I've *NEVER* run grub2-mkconfig. I've always just yum/dnf update (do >>> all current updates), or just dnf update kernel (if I wanted to >>> specifically just do that), and it's always installed the new kernel >>> properly all by itself. No further action was required by me. > > > > Jonathan Billings: >> You should never need to run grub2-mkconfig after each kernel update. >> The only reason I can guess at is that they ran it to overwrite the >> file in /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/ (which is normally a stub that loads >> the default file in /boot/grub2/) and now they have to manually run >> it each time. >> >> Normally, the only reason you’d run it is if you changed a variable >> in /etc/default/grub. Grubby just creates new bootloaderspec files in >> /boot/loader. > > Somewhere along the line I removed "rhgb" from there, one way or > another (*), I don't recall ever running grub2-mkconfig, and I've > certainly never run it at every kernel update. > > * I don't recall which method I used to remove it from the kernel > command line, but it's not in there, and my system is running fine. > > It's the one change I make to booting up Linux, I want to see that it's > actually booting and not jammed. And if it has, I want to see where, > straight away, no horsing around after the fact. Blank bootup screens > are one of the dumbest things about certain other OSs that Linux has > copied. Like you i remove rhgb and also quiet so i can see what is happening. But I think it is fine to not do this by default. We experts can remove this with a grubby command is 2s and the none experts do not get to worry about the boot noise. Barry > > -- > > uname -rsvp > Linux 3.10.0-1160.81.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Dec 16 17:29:43 UTC 2022 x86_64 > > Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. > I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
