Toshiba Satellite running KDE

[Meemaw]

Yay!!!!!

(Just18:  I think she means the boot screen that lists the kernels.)

You have to go into PCC (Configure Your Computer) choose the Boot section, then choose Set Up Boot System, click next through the first screen, and in the second screen you'll find a list of your options. Highlight the one you want, and click modify. In the window that pops up, there is a check box that says Default. Check it and click OK.... the little  *  will now be in front of that entry in your list. Click finish. Next time you boot, the one you have chosen as default will boot automatically.

Glad you're running again!
 

[Just18]

Yay!!!!!

(Just18:  I think she means the boot screen that lists the kernels.)

You have to go into PCC (Configure Your Computer) choose the Boot section, then choose Set Up Boot System, click next through the first screen, and in the second screen you'll find a list of your options. Highlight the one you want, and click modify. In the window that pops up, there is a check box that says Default. Check it and click OK.... the little  *  will now be in front of that entry in your list. Click finish. Next time you boot, the one you have chosen as default will boot automatically.

Glad you're running again!
 

I thought that might be the case ....  but ......  the latest installed kernel should automatically be the default, as the first entry just links to the latest installed. If that is the case then changing the default would not achieve anything.

If the problem is that the boot selection screen waits too long, then the time-out needs to be edited from the default 10 secs to maybe 2 secs, after which the default selection is booted.

But, I was not sure it was the boot selection screen that was being referred to .......  but on re-reading it does seem to be the case  ......  seems I was dopey when first reading 

[Meemaw]

Yay!!!!!

(Just18:  I think she means the boot screen that lists the kernels.)

You have to go into PCC (Configure Your Computer) choose the Boot section, then choose Set Up Boot System, click next through the first screen, and in the second screen you'll find a list of your options. Highlight the one you want, and click modify. In the window that pops up, there is a check box that says Default. Check it and click OK.... the little  *  will now be in front of that entry in your list. Click finish. Next time you boot, the one you have chosen as default will boot automatically.

Glad you're running again!
 

I thought that might be the case ....  but ......  the latest installed kernel should automatically be the default, as the first entry just links to the latest installed. If that is the case then changing the default would not achieve anything.

If the problem is that the boot selection screen waits too long, then the time-out needs to be edited from the default 10 secs to maybe 2 secs, after which the default selection is booted.

But, I was not sure it was the boot selection screen that was being referred to .......  but on re-reading it does seem to be the case  ......  seems I was dopey when first reading 

I've read that a couple of times, but seems like I remember the last time I installed a new kernel, having to go in and manually change the default....  but I could be wrong... she's running KDE and I'm running XFCE... but I'm sure it makes no difference which DE is running.

(You're never dopey, Just18!!!)

Thanks for all the great help!!!!
 

[djohnston]

I've read that a couple of times, but seems like I remember the last time I installed a new kernel, having to go in and manually change the default....  but I could be wrong... she's running KDE and I'm running XFCE... but I'm sure it makes no difference which DE is running.

Just18 is right. The last kernel installed becomes the default one. When the GRUB selection starts the boot process it loads the kernel from this part of the first stanza in each section:

kernel (hd0,1)/vmlinuz

But, vmlinuz is not the actual kernel. It is a link to the kernel to be booted. To see which kernel is booted by the default GRUB choice, (unless the default has been changed), open a terminal and enter the following: (you don't need root privileges)

ls -l /boot/vmlinuz

You will see something like this: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Sep 30 15:53 /boot/vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.38.8-pclos3.pae.bfs. /boot/vmlinuz is a link to the actual kernel, vmlinuz-2.6.38.8-pclos3.pae.bfs. So, by using the above command, you can find out which is your default kernel.

And, you're right, Meemaw. The desktop used makes no difference.

(You're never dopey, Just18!!!)

Right again. I'm the dopey one! 

[coyoteawooo]

Yes, that's the screen I mean.  Got it.  Thank you Meemaw!
THANK YOU to everybody for getting me all fixed up.  Now let's set a timer and see how soon I break it again.

[Meemaw]

Yes, that's the screen I mean.  Got it.  Thank you Meemaw!
THANK YOU to everybody for getting me all fixed up.  Now let's set a timer and see how soon I break it again.

Well, hopefully, never!!!   However, there are loads of helpful people here (most of them are much more knowledgeable than I am!!!!) so if you need help, just post again!

 

[Just18]

I've read that a couple of times, but seems like I remember the last time I installed a new kernel, having to go in and manually change the default....  but I could be wrong... she's running KDE and I'm running XFCE... but I'm sure it makes no difference which DE is running.

(You're never dopey, Just18!!!)

Thanks for all the great help!!!!
 

If the title of the boot stanza is edited manually then what you describe can occur.
It 'appears to me' that the system looks for a particular entry - probably by title - and if found it edits the links to point to the new kernel.
If the title has been altered, then it does not find what it looks for, and thus does not alter the links.

We would need someone who knows what is being done to confirm that, but that is how it appears to work to me.

So I would suggest you try to recall if you had edited the title (maybe to give a more descriptive title), because if I am correct and you did edit it, then what you describe would be expected.

I hope that makes some sense ......

regards