On 5/5/19 6:29 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 8:22 AM Steven A. Falco <stevenfalco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I just upgraded my machine from F29 to F30. Now, whenever I install a new kernel, the new kernel does not automatically become the default. In other words, when I reboot, the previous kernel is still chosen by grub2. >> >> I can manually choose the new kernel in the grub2 menu, at which point it _does_ become the new default. I don't wind up at the "grub>" prompt, so I think grub2 itself is fine. It is just that the grubenv is not updated when the new kernel is installed. >> >> The machine has UEFI, but the system boots using the legacy BIOS compatibility layer. I know that the boot mechanism changed a bit for F30, but I'm not sure where to look to identify the cause of this problem. It doesn't seem to be the same issue as described in BZ 1652806. > > Post your /etc/default/grub file > > I'm willing to bet there's a line > > GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true > > If so, delete that line or comment it out and then run the usual > grub2-mkconfig and directing the output to the proper grub.cfg path > for your firmware type. > > The default that should be honored is found in the grubenv file, which > (curiously) is found at the same path no matter your firmware type: > /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grubenv > > You can list its contents > > # grub2-editenv list > > And you can change it with > > #grub2-set-default <title of kernel> > > The title of the kernel is found in the /boot/loader/entries/*conf > files - there is one file for each kernel. Thanks for the explanation. Here are the contents of /etc/default/grub. As you suspected, there is a GRUB_DEFAULT=saved line in there. GRUB_TIMEOUT=5 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="$(sed 's, release .*$,,g' /etc/system-release)" GRUB_DEFAULT=saved GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=true GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="console" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="resume=/dev/mapper/fedora-swap rd.lvm.lv=fedora/root rd.md.uuid=77ae1678:58a79067:c0ad29e6:bd1862f8 rd.md.uuid=bac1fa34:2d7a26e5:969d63ac:33ff4572 rd.lvm.lv=fedora/swap" GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true" GRUB_ENABLE_BLSCFG=true I looked for grubenv, and the only one I found is at /boot/grub2/grubenv. There is nothing in /boot/efi/EFI/fedora. This machine was set up on 2018-11-24, so it started life as a Fedora 29 machine. Is there a command I should run to move grubenv to /boot/efi/EFI/fedora? I think I would also have to create a symlink from /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grubenv to /etc/default/grub. I could of course do it manually, but if there is a better procedure, like re-installing some package(s), that would be preferable. Steve _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
