{"id":4200,"date":"2023-02-28T15:22:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T14:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kamprad.net\/?p=4200"},"modified":"2023-06-29T22:54:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T20:54:43","slug":"faq-_why-you-should-not-use-grub-customizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kamprad.net\/index.php\/2023\/02\/28\/faq-_why-you-should-not-use-grub-customizer\/","title":{"rendered":"#FAQ _Why you should NOT use grub-customizer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/launchpadlibrarian.net\/393213414\/64x64.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>First of all the name is misleading it is not a customizer for the grub setup, it is instead a customized grub!<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>You do not change grub settings every day, and in 99,999% of cases you change something and never touch it again till something go south with it. And when this happens you have long time forgot about installing grub-customizer and used it to change \u2026 boot menu size or something.. And if you start using Grub-Customizer you can not really use grub itself anymore in the same way\u2026 So most tutorials will fail\u2026 See here endless issues with using it:<br \/>https:\/\/forum.endeavouros.com\/search?q=grub-customizer<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>most settings can be handled by simply changing a well documented configuration, so with no real need for extreme custom grub bootloader setups\u2026 Try searching for default config options to add in <code>\/etc\/default\/grub<\/code> Read the wiki: https:\/\/wiki.archlinux.org\/title\/GRUB or ask here at the forum or at the telegram chat, we will help you in any way possible!<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And here is how to remove it:<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you do already use grub-customizer and want to remove it follow this from <code>\/etc\/grub.d\/backup\/RESTORE_INSTRUCTIONS<\/code> to revert changes it has done to your system:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis: 100%;\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to restore this backup<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>make sure you have root permissions (<code>gksu nautilus<\/code> or <code>sudo -s<\/code> on command line) otherwise you won&#8217;t be able to copy the files<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>to fix an unbootable configuration, just copy:\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>&#8216;\/etc\/grub.d\/backup\/boot_grub&#8217; to &#8216;\/boot\/grub&#8217;<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>to reset the whole configuration (if it cannot be fixed by using grub customizer), also copy these files:\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>&#8216;\/etc\/grub.d\/backup\/etc_grub_d&#8217; to &#8216;\/etc\/grub.d&#8217;<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>&#8216;\/etc\/grub.d\/backup\/default_grub&#8217; to &#8216;\/etc\/default\/grub&#8217;<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>So by that means to reset to what it was before using grub-customizer:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><code>sudo cp -a \/etc\/grub.d\/backup\/boot_grub \/boot\/grub<\/code><br \/>To get system back booting like before \u2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>And:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo cp -a \/etc\/grub.d\/backup\/etc_grub_d \/etc\/grub.d\r\nsudo cp \/etc\/grub.d\/backup\/default_grub \/etc\/default\/grub\r\nsudo pacman -R grub-customizer<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>to remove grub-customizer completely.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Source:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.endeavouros.com\/t\/faq-why-you-should-not-use-grub-customizer\/37844\">https:\/\/forum.endeavouros.com\/t\/faq-why-you-should-not-use-grub-customizer\/37844<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Grub-Customizer:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/grub-customizer\">https:\/\/launchpad.net\/grub-customizer<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>If someone from <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/grub-customizer\">Grub Customizer<\/a> reads this.. please do not get offended its only about helping users to solve issues. But you should consider adding the removal info, and the existence of backup configurations for restoring the Grub bootloader, so that users can find this information. <\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>A problem can also be the package creation with Archlinux itself, it might be possible to restore grub when uninstalling.<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><strong>Deutsch:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<h1>#FAQ _Warum solltest Du den Grub-Customizer NICHT verwenden?<\/h1>\r\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/launchpadlibrarian.net\/393213414\/64x64.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Erstens ist der Name irref\u00fchrend, es handelt sich nicht um ein Werkzeug um das Grub-Setup\u00a0 anzupassen, sondern um einen angepasstes\/ver\u00e4ndertes Grub!<\/li>\r\n<li>Du ver\u00e4nderst die Grub-Einstellungen nicht jeden Tag, und in 99,999 % der F\u00e4lle \u00e4nderst Du etwas und r\u00fchrst es nie wieder an, bis etwas damit schief geht.\u00a0 Und wenn das passiert, hast du schon lange Zeit vergessen, das du irgendwann mal den\u00a0 Grub-Customizer installiert hast, und\u00a0 ihn verwendet hast um \u2026 die Gr\u00f6\u00dfe des Boot-Men\u00fcs oder so etwas zu \u00e4ndern.\u00a0 Und wenn du angefangen hast Grub-Customizer zu verwenden, kannst du Grub selbst nicht mehr wirklich auf die gleiche Weise verwenden wie zuvor \u2026 Also die meisten Tutorials werden fehlschlagen &#8230; Schau dir hier endlose Probleme bei der Verwendung an: https:\/\/forum.endeavouros.com\/search?q=grub-customizer<\/li>\r\n<li>Die meisten Einstellungen k\u00f6nnen durch einfaches \u00c4ndern einer gut dokumentierten Konfiguration vorgenommen werden, Grub-Bootloader-Setups sind keine Wissenschaft. Versuche einfach, nach Standardkonfigurationsoptionen zum Hinzuf\u00fcgen in \/etc\/default\/grub zu suchen.<\/li>\r\n<li>Lese das Wiki: https:\/\/wiki.archlinux.org\/title\/GRUB oder frag im Forum oder im Telegram-Chat, wir werden dir gern auf die Spr\u00fcnge helfen!<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\r\n<h4>Und hier erf\u00e4hrst du wie du es wieder entfernst:<\/h4>\r\n<p>Wenn Du grub-customizer bereits verwendest und es entfernen m\u00f6chtest, folge den\u00a0 Anweisungen unter <code>\/etc\/grub.d\/backup\/RESTORE_INSTRUCTIONS<\/code><\/p>\r\n<p>um die am System vorgenommenen \u00c4nderungen r\u00fcckg\u00e4ngig zu machen:<\/p>\r\n<p>So stellst du dieses Backup wieder her:<\/p>\r\n<p>Stelle sicher, dass Du \u00fcber Root-Berechtigungen verf\u00fcgst (gksu nautilus oder sudo -s in der Befehlszeile)<\/p>\r\n<p>Andernfalls kannst du die Dateien nicht kopieren!<\/p>\r\n<p>Kopiere : <code>\/etc\/grub.d\/backup\/boot_grub<\/code> nach <code>\/boot\/grub <\/code><\/p>\r\n<p>um die gesamte Konfiguration zur\u00fcckzusetzen kopiere diese Dateien:<\/p>\r\n<p><code>\/etc\/grub.d\/backup\/etc_grub_d<\/code> nach <code>\/etc\/grub.d<\/code> und <code>\/etc\/grub.d\/backup\/default_grub<\/code>\u00a0nach <code>\/etc\/default\/grub<\/code><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Also um alles auf den Stand von vor der Verwendung von grub-customizer zur\u00fccksetzen sind diese Befehelszeilen n\u00f6tig:<\/p>\r\n<p><code>sudo cp -a \/etc\/grub.d\/backup\/boot_grub \/boot\/grub<\/code><\/p>\r\n<p>Damit das System wieder wie zuvor bootet \u2026<\/p>\r\n<p>Und:<\/p>\r\n<p><code>sudo cp -a \/etc\/grub.d\/backup\/etc_grub_d \/etc\/grub.d<\/code> gefolgt von <code>sudo cp \/etc\/grub.d\/backup\/default_grub \/etc\/default\/grub<\/code><\/p>\r\n<p>kopiert die Dateien aus dem Backup zur\u00fcck ins System.<\/p>\r\n<p><code>sudo pacman -R grub-customizer<\/code> um das grub-customizer Paket zu entfernen.<\/p>\r\n<p>Quelle: <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.endeavouros.com\/t\/faq-why-you-should-not-use-grub-customizer\/37844\">https:\/\/forum.endeavouros.com\/t\/faq-why-you-should-not-use-grub-customizer\/37844<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And here is how to remove it: If you do already use grub-customizer and want to remove it follow this from \/etc\/grub.d\/backup\/RESTORE_INSTRUCTIONS to revert changes it has done to your system: How to restore this backup So by that means to reset to what it was before using grub-customizer: sudo cp -a \/etc\/grub.d\/backup\/boot_grub \/boot\/grubTo get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allgemein"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kamprad.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kamprad.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kamprad.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamprad.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamprad.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4200"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamprad.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4285,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamprad.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4200\/revisions\/4285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kamprad.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamprad.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamprad.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}