Hey there,
considering the grub problems which are currently present, I decided to switch to rEFInd.
It's been going well, even though the boot process is several seconds slower due to how long rEFInd takes to load, but overall I am much more fond of this as it's also easier to customise and such without having to use the banned grub-customiser.
Grub reinstalls itself every update, so I decided to uninstall grub alltogether and was pleased to see that not too many packages would fall away:
paru -Rnsuc grub:
Packages (19) btrfsmaintenance-0.5-2 garuda-bash-config-1.0.1-1 garuda-boot-options-1.0.2-1 garuda-common-settings-2.6.6-1 garuda-hooks-2.8.2-1
garuda-migrations-1.5.0-1 grub-btrfs-4.11-2 grub-garuda-2.06-1 grub-theme-garuda-dr460nized-r2.49d1e5e-1 kernel-modules-hook-0.1.7-2
noto-color-emoji-fontconfig-1.0.0-1 profile-sync-daemon-1:6.45-1 snap-pac-3.0.1-1 snap-pac-grub-2.0.2-1 snapper-support-1.1.1-1
systemd-oomd-defaults-249.7-1 update-grub-0.0.1-7 zram-generator-1.1.2-1 grub-2:2.06.r322.gd9b4638c5-1
Total Removed Size: 37,37 MiB
Now to the packages: Most of them have been installed as deps, so zram just poofs because it's "no longer required", but one thing annoys me; Consider this deps graph (a -(required by)> b)
grub -> garuda-hooks -> garuda-common-settings -> basically half of the garuda programs
Why is grub not an optional dependency for garuda-hooks? That would make much more sense and would be much more modular. (Who knows, maybe grub will die sometimes.)
Please change this!
I find that rEFInd is easier to fix (refind-install), easier to maintain (it detects pretty much everything automatically), has more useful features (memtest, uefi shell integration and allows for usb boot) and looks much better than grub (google the themes). It even has snapper backup boot support. On top of that it's much harder to break, as it only fails to boot specific entries if they are wrong, and doesn't need rebuilding the config like grub does (update-grub). The config file has thorough documentation and explains every setting in reasonable detail.
What about providing an official way to install this into garuda? I think this is more beginner friendly than grub.
Thanks!
inxi -Fart
System:
Host: lolcat Kernel: 5.19.4-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 12.2.0 parameters: root=PARTUUID=4f58220f-2b24-374a-96c3-7d9c60290781 rw
add_efi_memmap rootflags=subvol=@ initrd=@\boot\amd-ucode.img
rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3 sysrq_always_enabled=1
iommu=soft initrd=\@\boot\initramfs-linux-zen.img
Desktop: wayfire v: 0.8.0-da7a929c info: waybar vt: 1 dm: greetd
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: AX370-Gaming 3 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: AX370-Gaming 3-CF v: x.x
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: F50a
date: 11/27/2019
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+ gen: 2
built: 2018-21 process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 8 stepping: 2
microcode: 0x800820D
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 576 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x64 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB
L3: 16 MiB desc: 2x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3873 high: 4120 min/max: 2200/3600 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3600 2: 4120
3: 4114 4: 3600 5: 4117 6: 3600 7: 3793 8: 4116 9: 4116 10: 4102 11: 3600
12: 3600 bogomips: 86229
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Baffin [Radeon RX 550 640SP / 560/560X] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-4 code: Arctic Islands process: GF 14nm
built: 2016-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 ports:
active: DVI-D-1,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67ff
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Logitech Webcam C270 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-2:3 chip-ID: 046d:0825 class-ID: 0102 serial: 248009E0
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.3
compositor: wayfire v: 0.8.0-da7a929c driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: amdgpu d-rect: 3600x1200
display-ID: 1
Monitor-1: DVI-D-1 pos: right res: 1920x1200 size: N/A modes: N/A
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 pos: primary,left res: 1680x1050 size: N/A modes: N/A
OpenGL: renderer: AMD Radeon RX 560 Series (polaris11 LLVM 14.0.6 DRM
3.47 5.19.4-zen1-1-zen) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.7 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Baffin HDMI/DP Audio [Radeon RX 550 640SP / 560/560X]
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 1-2:3
chip-ID: 046d:0825 pcie: gen: 3 class-ID: 0102 speed: 8 GT/s
serial: 248009E0 lanes: 8 bus-ID: 08:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aae0
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0a:00.3
chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech Webcam C270 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
Device-4: C-Media USB Microphone type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 3-3:4 chip-ID: 0d8c:9700
class-ID: 0300 serial: 201605
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.19.4-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: sndio v: N/A running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.56 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: e0:d5:5e:4f:57:57
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM20702A0 Bluetooth 4.0 type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-3:4 chip-ID: 0a5c:21e8 class-ID: fe01 serial: 5CF3708E8F4F
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up
address: 5C:F3:70:8E:8F:4F
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.97 TiB used: 1.73 TiB (58.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: S4CSNX0N713306T rev: 4B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 250GB
size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: S3YJNX0K332437P rev: 1B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD20EFRX-68EUZN0 size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400
serial: WD-WCC4M1ZHTZTK rev: 0A82 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 type: USB vendor: Intenso
model: Rainbow Line size: 14.77 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: B61AF235168E rev: 8.07 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 195.03 GiB size: 195.03 GiB (100.00%) used: 142.28 GiB
(73.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 301 MiB size: 300.4 MiB (99.79%) used: 16.2 MiB
(5.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-3: /home raw-size: 736.18 GiB size: 736.18 GiB (100.00%) used: 216.38
GiB (29.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 195.03 GiB size: 195.03 GiB (100.00%) used: 142.28
GiB (73.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 195.03 GiB size: 195.03 GiB (100.00%) used: 142.28
GiB (73.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.3 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 43.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 1512
Repos:
Packages: apt: 0 pacman: 2153 lib: 509 flatpak: 0
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/arcolinux-mirrorlist
1: https://gitlab.com/arcolinux/$repo/-/raw/main/$arch
2: https://ftp.belnet.be/arcolinux/$repo/$arch
3: https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/arcolinux/$repo/$arch
4: https://mirror.funami.tech/arcolinux/$repo/$arch
5: https://mirror.jingk.ai/arcolinux/$repo/$arch
6: https://arcolinux.github.io/$repo/$arch
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/chaotic-mirrorlist
1: https://geo-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
2: https://cdn-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
3: https://au-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
4: https://au-2-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
5: https://br-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
6: https://br-2-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
7: https://br-3-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
8: https://bg-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
9: https://ca-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
10: https://ca-2-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
11: https://ca-3-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
12: https://cl-1-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
13: https://cl-2-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
14: https://de-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
15: https://de-2-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
16: https://de-3-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
17: https://de-4-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
18: https://de-5-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
19: https://de-6-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
20: https://in-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
21: https://in-2-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
22: https://in-3-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
23: https://in-4-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
24: https://in-5-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
25: https://in-6-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
26: https://jp-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
27: https://jp-1-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
28: https://jp-2-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
29: https://jp-3-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
30: https://kr-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
31: https://kr-2-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
32: https://kr-3-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
33: https://es-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
34: https://es-2-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
35: https://ae-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
36: https://ae-2-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
37: https://uk-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
38: https://uk-1-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
39: https://uk-2-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
40: https://uk-3-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
41: https://us-az-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
42: https://us-az-1-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
43: https://us-az-2-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
44: https://us-fl-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
45: https://us-mi-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
46: https://us-ny-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
47: https://us-tx-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
48: https://us-ut-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
49: https://us-va-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
50: https://us-va-2-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
51: https://us-va-3-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
52: https://us-va-4-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://mirror.ubrco.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
2: https://arch.jensgutermuth.de/$repo/os/$arch
3: https://mirror.chaoticum.net/arch/$repo/os/$arch
4: https://mirror.pseudoform.org/$repo/os/$arch
5: https://mirrors.niyawe.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
6: https://archlinux.mirror.luzea.de/$repo/os/$arch
7: https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
8: https://packages.oth-regensburg.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
9: https://mirror.f4st.host/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
10: https://phinau.de/arch/$repo/os/$arch
11: https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/$repo/os/$arch
12: https://mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 355
1: cpu: 9.0% command: kitty pid: 637685 mem: 125.1 MiB (0.3%)
2: cpu: 6.7% command: preload pid: 581 mem: 43.5 MiB (0.1%)
3: cpu: 6.5% command: librewolf pid: 7780 mem: 671.9 MiB (2.0%)
4: cpu: 4.5% command: faked pid: 637835 mem: 0.16 MiB (0.0%)
5: cpu: 4.4% command: librewolf pid: 283413 mem: 250.2 MiB (0.7%)
System RAM: total: 31.3 GiB used: 3.79 GiB (12.1%)
Memory top: 5 of 355
1: mem: 671.9 MiB (2.0%) command: librewolf pid: 7780 cpu: 6.5%
2: mem: 369.2 MiB (1.1%) command: librewolf pid: 274532 cpu: 1.6%
3: mem: 368.0 MiB (1.1%) command: electron pid: 8250 cpu: 4.0%
4: mem: 250.2 MiB (0.7%) command: librewolf pid: 283413 cpu: 4.4%
5: mem: 224.9 MiB (0.7%) command: librewolf pid: 8468 cpu: 0.7%
Info:
Processes: 355 Uptime: 49m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 251
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 clang: 14.0.6
Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: kitty inxi: 3.3.20
