(re-SOLVED) Linux Mint 21 GRUB edit question - don't know how to set up grub menu

[Kris345]

Prob - after upgrade to 21, grub menu "Ubuntu" still points to old 4..122 kern for 20.3
How change to 5..15

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EDIT: I changed this a lot as I found a deb and installed those files so now things run.
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/etc/default/grub:

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# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
#   info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'

GRUB_DEFAULT="saved"
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE="hidden"
GRUB_TIMEOUT=6
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL="console"

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE="640x480"

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID="true"

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT="true"

grub menu looks like

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this is an old picture - it now includes 46.

EDIT: So I did

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kris@kris-ThinkPad-T570:~$ sudo update-grub
[sudo] password for kris:  
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub.d/50_linuxmint.cfg'
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub.d/init-select.cfg'
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.15.0-46-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-46-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.15.0-43-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-43-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.15.0-46-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-46-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.15.0-43-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-43-generic
Found Windows Boot Manager on /dev/nvme0n1p1@/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings
done
kris@kris-ThinkPad-T570:~$ 

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grub menu still has 1st line "ubuntu" which points to 4..122 <--- how do I change that to 5..46.49 ???
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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-43-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.4.9
    tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: Mutter dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20HAS02P00 v: ThinkPad T570 serial: <superuser required>
    Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 20HAS02P00 v: SDK0J40697 WIN serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO
    v: N1VET59W (1.49 ) date: 12/01/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 27.0 Wh (100.0%) condition: 27.0/32.0 Wh (84.3%) volts: 16.4 min: 15.3
    model: SMP 00UR891 serial: <filter> status: Full
  ID-2: BAT1 charge: 32.0 Wh (98.8%) condition: 32.4/47.5 Wh (68.2%) volts: 12.3 min: 10.8
    model: SANYO 01AV425 serial: <filter> status: Not charging
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core i7-7600U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Amber/Kaby Lake
    note: check rev: 9 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3581 high: 3617 min/max: 400/3900 cores: 1: 3617 2: 3595 3: 3591 4: 3521
    bogomips: 23199
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: eDP-1
    empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5916
  Device-2: IMC Networks Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-8:5
    chip-ID: 13d3:5619
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
    gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Chi Mei Innolux res: 1920x1080 dpi: 142 diag: 394mm (15.5")
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-43-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
    bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15d7
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd
  IF: wlp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: vmnet1 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: vmnet8 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.36 TiB used: 676.23 GiB (48.4%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
    speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 33.9 C
  ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
    serial: <filter>
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 72.78 GiB used: 40.1 GiB (55.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p8
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 96 MiB used: 33.4 MiB (34.8%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 05e3:0610
  Device-1: 1-1.1:4 info: Logitech G502 SE HERO Gaming Mouse type: Mouse,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 046d:c08b
  Device-2: 1-1.3:6 info: HP HP LaserJet Professional P1606dn type: Mass Storage
    driver: usb-storage rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 03f0:0a2a
  Device-3: 1-2:7 info: Motorola PCS one 5G UW ace type: <vendor specific> driver: usbfs
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 22b8:2e76
  Device-4: 1-8:5 info: IMC Networks Integrated Camera type: Video driver: uvcvideo rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 13d3:5619
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 6 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
  Device-1: 2-3:2 info: Realtek Card Reader type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 0bda:0316
  Device-2: 2-4:3
    info: ASMedia ASM1051E SATA 6Gb/s bridge ASM1053E ASM1153 3Gb/s ASM1153E bridge
    type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 174c:55aa
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C pch: 40.5 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 0
Repos:
  Packages: 3020 apt: 3010 snap: 10
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] http: //dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com vanessa main upstream import backport
    2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //repo.skype.com/deb stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64,i386] https: //repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
    2: deb-src [arch=amd64,i386] https: //repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
Info:
  Processes: 244 Uptime: 27m Memory: 15.48 GiB used: 2.61 GiB (16.9%) Init: systemd v: 249
  runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 alt: 11/9 Client: Unknown python3.10 client inxi: 3.3.13

[Kris345]

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[Kris345]

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[SMG]

Prob - after upgrade to 21, grub menu "Ubuntu" still points to old 4..122 kern for 20.3
How change to 5..15

What is the difference between this topic and this other one of yours Linux Mint 21 kern 5.15.0-46.49 update fail - libcrypto.so.1.1 missing? They seem to be the same issue.

[Kris345]

I do not know yet if it is the same.

A person provided a possible fix in the other thread but it did not yield the missing file.

Some people may be knowledgeable in GRUB problems and some may be knowledgeable in kern install probs.

I still do not have an answer.

[Kris345]

46 now works.

I got ahold of a deb and ran it a couple times and was able to then boot to 46.

Still do not know how to change grub menu so latest is in the menu item called "ubuntu" <-----------------

[SMG]

Still do not know how to change grub menu so latest is in the menu item called "ubuntu" <-----------------

Going through the links in the other topic, many people (and the submitted bug report) mention the problem relates to have left-over files from Grub Customizer. Did you ever have Grub Customizer installed?

[JerryF]

Still do not know how to change grub menu so latest is in the menu item called "ubuntu" <-----------------

Going through the links in the other topic, many people (and the submitted bug report) mention the problem relates to have left-over files from Grub Customizer. Did you ever have Grub Customizer installed?

My first guess.

[Kris345]

THANKS BOTH!

Yes, grub-customizer was on 20.3 but .2 is not available on Richter's own site so I am unable to install it. Trust me, I tried hard!

But, yes, I fuly accept that it screwed things up...

However, since nothing is there now (just a bunch of icons), I cannot do the cp fix suggested
so don't know what to do to fix it. I COULD simply edit that thing in boot which we're not supposed to edit and make it what I want, for now, but that would not change it going forward and I would have to do that each time I add a kern.

Life could be worse: at present, the first item "ubuntu" is worthless but I use "saved" and it points to the first one in the advanced section, so boots correctly unaided, and other than the first boot after a kern is added, it runs automatically. I have "saved" in there because sometimes I want to do 2-3 boots in a row, like an update, to windows, so that makes it more hands off.

Or is there a way I can fix this - like by re-installing grub?

[Kris345]

beating this some more, I searched for the old/bad one in /etc , and got:

suppose I were to delete those and then run sudo update-grub again?

06_ contains 122,113,100
40_ contains 122 --> 92
41_ contains 122,113,100,96,92
46_ contains 122 ---> 92
custom contains 122 --->92

[SMG]

Yes, grub-customizer was on 20.3 but .2 is not available on Richter's own site so I am unable to install it. Trust me, I tried hard!

Grub Customizer has apparently been removed from the community repos because of the problems. See this topic grub-customizer not found on 21.

Or is there a way I can fix this - like by re-installing grub?

I do not use Grub Customizer so all I can do is point you to the link I already provided in the prior post. Maybe others will be able to help you.

[Cosmo.]

In the blog about upgrading the following link has been provided: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1168054 ... 0-to-19-04

Try if it helps you. If so, you are lucky, if not you belong to those users, who did not believe the warnings from some of our members.

[Kris345]

In the blog about upgrading the following link has been provided: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1168054 ... 0-to-19-04

Try if it helps you. If so, you are lucky, if not you belong to those users, who did not believe the warnings from some of our members.

I am not sure what you are saying. grub-customizer was apparently removed by the 20.3 to 21 upgrade process

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kris@kris-ThinkPad-T570:~$ sudo apt-get purge grub-customizer
[sudo] password for kris:  
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package grub-customizer
kris@kris-ThinkPad-T570:~$ 

[Cosmo.]

Removing GC does not revert the changes, which this program applied. This strange behave is a design decision of its developer.

[Kris345]

Removing GC does not revert the changes, which this program applied. This strange behave is a design decision of its developer.

yes, I said I understand that, above. The question is how to change it?

edit: I can see all those incorrect proxies imbeded into /boot/grub/grub.cfg

The question is how to change that?

[Cosmo.]

I gave you a link. I don't know, if it helps.

[Kris345]

I gave you a link. I don't know, if it helps.

Where specifically in that link? I fixed the missing libcrypto.so.1.1` problem.
Now I am trying to fix the first grub boot menu entry.

[Cosmo.]

I never used GC and so I never had the trouble with it. I cannot tell the answer, because I obviously have not the practical experience with it.

[Kris345]

Perhaps I could hear from folks who have used it and know of a solution?

[Cosmo.]

If you are lucky. Most come and ask for help.