Grub customizer error [SOLVED]

Spiderspoon · Post by **Spiderspoon** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:17 pm

I am using an old ASUS laptop and have dual boot Linux Mint Xfce and MATE, both 21.

I installed Grub customizer mainly to be able to edit the text of the grub screen. I recognise that are some members of this forum who recommend against this program. I'm open to comments either way.

When doing an update in MATE, I have been getting the following error:

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W: 
http://ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu/dists/jammy/InRelease
: Key is stored in legacy trusted.gpg keyring (/etc/apt/trusted.gpg), 
see the DEPRECATION section in apt-key(8) for details.

I added some carriage returns mainly so I would have the URL on one line, so I could look at that in a browser. I will repeat that line here for your convenience:

http://ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2 ... /InRelease

What does this mean, and what do I do with it?

Thanks.

Post by **SMG** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:47 pm

Spiderspoon wrote: ⤴Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:17 pmWhen doing an update in MATE, I have been getting the following error:
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W: 
http://ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu/dists/jammy/InRelease
: Key is stored in legacy trusted.gpg keyring (/etc/apt/trusted.gpg), 
see the DEPRECATION section in apt-key(8) for details.

W means Warning. It is not an error.

Please see this tutorial How to fix - Warning: apt-key is deprecated (in Linux Mint 21 and Ubuntu 22.04) to address it.

JerryF · Post by **JerryF** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 9:58 pm

That warning is caused by apt-key command being deprecated. It's trying to store the authentication key in the default place (/etc/apt/trusted.gpg) which won't be used after Mint 21.

JerryF · Post by **JerryF** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 10:12 pm

P.S. Since you asked, Grub Customizer creates a mess with the default Grub files. It's extremely difficult to undo the effects that it causes. Plus, I don't think it's been updated for a while.

In my opinion, Grub Customizer is not worth using to change something that you're going to look at for a few seconds.

There are ways to change text size, colors, and background through the Grub file which is much safer.

Spiderspoon · Post by **Spiderspoon** » Fri Dec 02, 2022 12:11 am

Thanks. You say it is not an error, but the message is an error message with a warning. It says:

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! An error occurred
The following details are provided:
W: http://ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu/dists/jammy/InRelease: Key is stored in legacy trusted.gpg keyring (/etc/apt/trusted.gpg), see the DEPRECATION section in apt-key(8) for details.

So I clicked on the link you provided and made the change for just the Grub Customizer. I did not do them all. That brought up another error, which I did not record. But what I did was revert, using Timeshift, to before I installed Grub Customizer. This did not remove all the effects of Grub Customizer. What it did do though is revert the grub menu to how it was before. I'll deal with that separately.

I am back to the same error/warning. This occurs when I refresh in Update Manager. Update Manager still works though.

Now if I have another go at fixing this using that link, should I fix all the issues? I have that link now in another tab, so I can look at it and ask you a question: viewtopic.php?f=42&t=377591. When I did

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sudo apt-key list

there were a few items. In that post, Qapla says to

Next, go into /etc/apt/sources.list.d and edit each of the PPA .list files.

So should I do all of them? The others aren't causing any problem.

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john@asus:~$ sudo apt-key list
[sudo] password for john:        
Warning: apt-key is deprecated. Manage keyring files in trusted.gpg.d instead (see apt-key(8)).
/etc/apt/trusted.gpg
--------------------
pub   rsa1024 2010-10-08 [SC]
      59DA D276 B942 642B 1BBD  0EAC A8AA 1FAA 3F05 5C03
uid           [ unknown] Launchpad PPA for Daniel Richter

/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/linuxmint-keyring.gpg
--------------------------------------------
pub   rsa4096 2016-05-24 [SC]
      302F 0738 F465 C153 5761  F965 A661 6109 451B BBF2
uid           [ unknown] Linux Mint Repository Signing Key <root@linuxmint.com>
sub   rsa4096 2016-05-24 [E]

/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ubuntu-defaults.chroot.key.gpg
-----------------------------------------------------
pub   rsa4096 2016-05-24 [SC]
      302F 0738 F465 C153 5761  F965 A661 6109 451B BBF2
uid           [ unknown] Linux Mint Repository Signing Key <root@linuxmint.com>
sub   rsa4096 2016-05-24 [E]

/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ubuntu-keyring-2012-cdimage.gpg
------------------------------------------------------
pub   rsa4096 2012-05-11 [SC]
      8439 38DF 228D 22F7 B374  2BC0 D94A A3F0 EFE2 1092
uid           [ unknown] Ubuntu CD Image Automatic Signing Key (2012) <cdimage@ubuntu.com>

/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ubuntu-keyring-2016-dbgsym.gpg
-----------------------------------------------------
pub   rsa4096 2016-03-21 [SC]
      F2ED C64D C5AE E1F6 B9C6  21F0 C8CA B659 5FDF F622
uid           [ unknown] Ubuntu Debug Symbol Archive Automatic Signing Key (2016) <ubuntu-archive@lists.ubuntu.com>

/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ubuntu-keyring-2018-archive.gpg
------------------------------------------------------
pub   rsa4096 2018-09-17 [SC]
      F6EC B376 2474 EDA9 D21B  7022 8719 20D1 991B C93C
uid           [ unknown] Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key (2018) <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>

Should I ask Qapla that question?

Spiderspoon · Post by **Spiderspoon** » Fri Dec 02, 2022 12:12 am

JerryF wrote: ⤴Wed Nov 30, 2022 10:12 pm P.S. Since you asked, Grub Customizer creates a mess with the default Grub files. It's extremely difficult to undo the effects that it causes. Plus, I don't think it's been updated for a while.

In my opinion, Grub Customizer is not worth using to change something that you're going to look at for a few seconds.

There are ways to change text size, colors, and background through the Grub file which is much safer.

Thanks. I'll do that next. But I will need to know how to do it.

Olaf2020 · Post by **Olaf2020** » Fri Dec 02, 2022 4:06 am

for the splash image copy a .png image in /boot/grub

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sudo cp /path/of/image.png /boot/grub

for the size of fonts change this line in /etc/default/grub

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xed admin:///etc/default/grub

remove the # and change the resolution

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#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

for the color, modify the file /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme

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xed admin:///etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme

replacing these

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if [ -z "${2}" ] && [ -z "${3}" ]; then
	          echo "  true"
	fi

with this, it's an example of color

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if [ -z "${2}" ] && [ -z "${3}" ]; then
		#echo "  true"
echo " set color_highlight=yellow/light-green"
echo " set color_highlight=red/black"
fi

these are the supported colors
black
blue
green
cyan
red
magenta
brown
light-gray
dark-gray
light-blue
light-green
light-cyan
light-red
light-magenta
yellow
after each change do an update-grub

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sudo update-grub

Pjotr · Post by **Pjotr** » Fri Dec 02, 2022 5:49 am

Olaf2020 wrote: ⤴Fri Dec 02, 2022 4:06 am for the color, modify the file /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme
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xed admin:///etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme

I used to do that as well, but some time ago I've discovered a better and easier alternative, namely editing /etc/grub.d/40_custom
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... html#ID1.5
(item 1.5)

Olaf2020 · Post by **Olaf2020** » Fri Dec 02, 2022 6:00 am

Pjotr wrote: ⤴Fri Dec 02, 2022 5:49 am
Olaf2020 wrote: ⤴Fri Dec 02, 2022 4:06 am for the color, modify the file /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme
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xed admin:///etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme
I used to do that as well, but some time ago I've discovered a better and easier alternative, namely editing /etc/grub.d/40_custom
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... html#ID1.5
(item 1.5)

cool, I didn't know, I've always used to edit /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme

JerryF · Post by **JerryF** » Fri Dec 02, 2022 9:30 am

Spiderspoon wrote: ⤴Fri Dec 02, 2022 12:12 am
JerryF wrote: ⤴Wed Nov 30, 2022 10:12 pm P.S. Since you asked, Grub Customizer creates a mess with the default Grub files. It's extremely difficult to undo the effects that it causes. Plus, I don't think it's been updated for a while.

In my opinion, Grub Customizer is not worth using to change something that you're going to look at for a few seconds.

There are ways to change text size, colors, and background through the Grub file which is much safer.
Thanks. I'll do that next. But I will need to know how to do it.

Colors can be changed in the /etc/default/grub file. I'll have to look into my notes on that.

Olaf2020 described how to change the background image and the text size (by decreasing the resolution). You can get the resolutions for your display by booting to Grub, then press "C" to get to the grub menu. Type either "vbeinfo" or "videoinfo" and it will show you what resolutions you can use for GRUB_GFXMODE=

Post by **SMG** » Fri Dec 02, 2022 6:56 pm

Spiderspoon wrote: ⤴Fri Dec 02, 2022 12:11 am Thanks. You say it is not an error, but the message is an error message with a warning. It says:
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! An error occurred
The following details are provided:
W: http://ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu/dists/jammy/InRelease: Key is stored in legacy trusted.gpg keyring (/etc/apt/trusted.gpg), see the DEPRECATION section in apt-key(8) for details.

I can not see your screen, so I can only make comments on what you post. In your first post there is nothing which says there is an error.

In this post it says an error occurred, but the developer does not provide any information about what the error might be. What is listed is a warning and not an error. You would have to contact the developer to get more information about what that means. They didn't really explain much.

Spiderspoon wrote: ⤴Fri Dec 02, 2022 12:11 amSo I clicked on the link you provided and made the change for just the Grub Customizer. I did not do them all. That brought up another error, which I did not record.

If you do not record the error, there is no way anyone can help you with it. There are thousands of possible error messages so we need details to be able to help.

Spiderspoon wrote: ⤴Fri Dec 02, 2022 12:11 am But what I did was revert, using Timeshift, to before I installed Grub Customizer. This did not remove all the effects of Grub Customizer.

I am surprised to hear that, but I have heard others say the only really good way to remove Grub Customizer is to do a fresh install. Maybe something from this topic can help you How to Unwind Grub Customizer.

Spiderspoon wrote: ⤴Fri Dec 02, 2022 12:11 amI am back to the same error/warning. This occurs when I refresh in Update Manager. Update Manager still works though.

That's because it is a warning. Warnings do not stop the process from completing. Errors will stop the process from completing.

The warning message must be fixed before you upgrade to Linux Mint 22. Until then, you can continue to run with that message and the process will complete.

Spiderspoon wrote: ⤴Fri Dec 02, 2022 12:11 amNow if I have another go at fixing this using that link, should I fix all the issues? I have that link now in another tab, so I can look at it and ask you a question: viewtopic.php?f=42&t=377591. When I did
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sudo apt-key list
there were a few items. In that post, Qapla says to
Next, go into /etc/apt/sources.list.d and edit each of the PPA .list files.
So should I do all of them? The others aren't causing any problem.

It is your choice as to whether to do any of them. If they are not bothering you, you can just leave them alone.

Spiderspoon · Post by **Spiderspoon** » Fri Dec 02, 2022 9:10 pm

Pjotr wrote: ⤴Fri Dec 02, 2022 5:49 am
Olaf2020 wrote: ⤴Fri Dec 02, 2022 4:06 am for the color, modify the file /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme
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xed admin:///etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme
I used to do that as well, but some time ago I've discovered a better and easier alternative, namely editing /etc/grub.d/40_custom
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... html#ID1.5
(item 1.5)

Olaf2020: are you using methods appropriate for Grub 1?
Pjotr: editing /etc/grub.d/40_custom is covered well in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDf_fRAophc

On this laptop I have mint MATE and used to have Cinnamon. I replaced Cinnamon with Xfce, but the grub menu still says Cinnamon. When I click on Cinnamon in grub, it loads Xfce. So I will want to edit grub to change Cinnamon to Xfce.

I am also interested in having the last used distro highlighted on reboot. Grub Customizer does this, so there must be a way of editing grub to do this. This is handy for when you want to use the same distro repeatedly.

I am not fussed about the appearance of grub at this stage.

Olaf2020 · Post by **Olaf2020** » Sat Dec 03, 2022 3:39 am

Spiderspoon wrote: ⤴Fri Dec 02, 2022 9:10 pm Olaf2020: are you using methods appropriate for Grub 1?

No, it's for grub2

Olaf2020 · Post by **Olaf2020** » Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:30 am

I move in this way to change the name displayed in grub, edit the /etc/lsb-release file like this, for example

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xed admin:///etc/default/grub

and change the name here

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DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint
DISTRIB_RELEASE=21
DISTRIB_CODENAME=vanessa
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 21 Vanessa"

and change this line for example

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DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 21 Vanessa XFCE"

then change in this file

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xed admin:///etc/default/grub

the line

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GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`

in

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GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -d -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`

changing the -i with a -d
and at the end of all i make an update grub

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sudo update-grub

this must be done on every distros

if you want to boot the last used system by default, go to the main system and change this line to /etc/default/grub

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xed admin:///etc/default/grub

and change

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GRUB_DEFAULT=0

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GRUB_DEFAULT=saved

and add the line

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GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT="true"

and make a grub update

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sudo update-grub

I haven't used this method in a long time, but I think it's always valid, it's always grub2

JerryF · Post by **JerryF** » Sat Dec 03, 2022 4:43 pm

JerryF wrote: ⤴Fri Dec 02, 2022 9:30 am
Spiderspoon wrote: ⤴Fri Dec 02, 2022 12:12 am
Thanks. I'll do that next. But I will need to know how to do it.
Colors can be changed in the /etc/default/grub file. I'll have to look into my notes on that.

Olaf2020 described how to change the background image and the text size (by decreasing the resolution). You can get the resolutions for your display by booting to Grub, then press "C" to get to the grub menu. Type either "vbeinfo" or "videoinfo" and it will show you what resolutions you can use for GRUB_GFXMODE=

I tried changing Grub colors text and highlight as I had done some years ago using a small script and then . It didn't work.

JerryF · Post by **JerryF** » Sat Dec 03, 2022 5:06 pm

If you'd like an interesting Grub menu, there's grub2-theme-mint. I got the idea from Pjotr.

According to Synaptic Package Manager, it installs the following file/(sub)directories:

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/.
/boot
/boot/grub
/boot/grub/fonts
/boot/grub/fonts/UbuntuMono16.pf2
/boot/grub/themes
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/LICENSE
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/background.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/Manjaro.i686.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/Manjaro.x86_64.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/antergos.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/arch.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/archlinux.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/arcolinux.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/cancel.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/chakra.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/debian.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/deepin.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/devuan.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/driver.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/edit.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/efi.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/elementary.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/endeavouros.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/fedora.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/find.efi.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/find.none.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/gentoo.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/gnu-linux.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/help.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/kali.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/kaos.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/kbd.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/korora.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/kubuntu.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/lang.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/lfs.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/linux.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/linuxmint.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/lubuntu.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/macosx.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/mageia.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/manjaro.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/memtest.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/opensuse.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/pop-os.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/recovery.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/restart.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/shutdown.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/siduction.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/solus.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/steamos.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/type.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/tz.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/ubuntu.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/unknown.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/unset.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/void.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/windows.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/icons/xubuntu.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/item_c.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/select_c.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/select_e.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/select_w.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/selected_item_c.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/terminal_box_c.png
/boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/theme.txt
/etc
/etc/default
/etc/default/grub.d
/etc/default/grub.d/60_mint-theme.cfg
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/grub2-theme-mint
/usr/share/doc/grub2-theme-mint/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/grub2-theme-mint/copyright

and is easily removed by uninstalling it. You probably could change the background using this theme my replacing the file /boot/grub/themes/linuxmint/background.png with another png renamed background.png

Spiderspoon · Post by **Spiderspoon** » Sun Dec 04, 2022 8:41 pm

My original problem is solved and we have moved over to how to edit grub, so I've opened a new topic at Edit GRUB
posting.php?f=46&mode=post&d=25974
I think we should continue that discussion on that topic. Meanwhile I will go back and review your answers on this topic. I will not reply here now, but on the other topic.
Cheers

Spiderspoon · Post by **Spiderspoon** » Mon Dec 05, 2022 12:31 am

Olaf2020 wrote: ⤴Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:30 am I move in this way to change the name displayed in grub, edit the /etc/lsb-release file like this, for example
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xed admin:///etc/default/grub
and change the name here
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DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint
DISTRIB_RELEASE=21
DISTRIB_CODENAME=vanessa
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 21 Vanessa"
and change this line for example
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DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 21 Vanessa XFCE"
then change in this file
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GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
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GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -d -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
changing the -i with a -d
and at the end of all i make an update grub
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sudo update-grub
this must be done on every distros

...

OK, I am looking at /etc/default/grub, but I am currently working in MATE. I have no DISTRIB lines in my grub file. Is there a different grub file in each distro? I will have a look now. I just looked in the Xfce grub file, as I can access it within MATE, and it is different to the one in MATE. I think the one in Xfce doesn't get used.

I don't think grub is getting the name for Xfce from the /etc/default/grub file. I think it's getting it from os-prober. Maybe the DISTRIB lines will overrule that naming. What do you think? I don't want to add extra lines to my grub menu.

Post by **SMG** » Mon Dec 05, 2022 12:34 am

Spiderspoon wrote: ⤴Mon Dec 05, 2022 12:31 amWhat do you think?

Olaf2020 is no longer an active member of the forum, but maybe someone else can answer your question.

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