Trying to change kernel thru grub boot but my arrow keys broken

[lainofthewired]

Might be a somewat of a silly issue. I don’t have any spare keyboards laying around. I was wondering if it was possible to change the kernel thru terminal instead? I know you can access the /defaul/grub folder but I never had to use it and i don’t really know what to do with it.

Any pointers would be appreciated

[filo]

Hi there welcome to the forum.
Maybe something like this?

How do you set a kernel to default

Defining a new default kernel has some known bugs with btrfs (if you search in the forum you'll find several topics about it). So, you should edit /etc/default/grub and change GRUB_DEFAULT=0 (which is the first line you see in the GRUB main menu, numbering starts from 0 in GRUB) to e.g. GRUB_DEFAULT=1 (second line in GRUB main menu) or whatever else. If you need to select an entry into a "sub-menu" you can use e.g. GRUB_DEFAULT="1>2" which means go into the submenu in line 2 of the main GRUB me…

And maybe consider also this

New Grub option GRUB_TOP_LEVEL

The latest grub update introduces a new feature, to explicitly select an entry of the installation (among linux, linux-lts, linux-zen, etc.) being at the top level of the menu. In case you use submenus, the selected entry is the one in the front/main page, while it is also at the top in the Advanced menu entries page. A user may wish to use an image that is not sorted as the “latest” version as the top-level entry. For example, in Arch Linux, if a user has the LTS and regular kernels installed…

[meanruse]

Assuming the kernel/headers pair is already installed with e.g.
sudo pacman -S linux-lts linux-lts-headers
the easy way is:
sudo -E garuda-boot-options
reach the “Boot to” dropdown with TAB key then press SPACE repeatedly until the desired one is selected then ENTER then press TAB repeatedly to reach “Apply” then ENTER or SPACE wait for GRUB update progress then reboot (cleanly, with keyboard shortcut or terminal command).

[lainofthewired]

Hello thank you for the reply.

I’m trying to switch linux68-tkg-bore kernel. It’s installed.

I will try this.

[lainofthewired]

Thanks for the reply. @filo
So if I got that correct the number value next to GRUB_DEFAULT= corresponds to the menu selected ?

[filo]

Yes, the line, that can be a kernel entry or a submenu. Consider the examples there.
But I realized that sometimes things can be easier via GUI.
I’m getting old

[lainofthewired]

@meanruse Exactly what i was looking for. Thanks it worked!
@filo Haha. I tried it aswell. Learnt something new today.

Thanks for the help guys!