Grub bootloader upgrade and configuration incompatibilities

[nam1962]

Hi there !

I have this alert:

2022-08-30 Grub bootloader upgrade and configuration incompatibilities
Recent changes in grub added a new command option to fwsetup and changed the
way the command is invoked in the generated boot configuration. Depending on
your system hardware and setup this could cause an unbootable system due to
incompatibilities between the installed bootloader and configuration. After a
grub package update it is advised to run both, installation and regeneration
of configuration:

grub-install …
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

For more specific information on grub-install, please refer to the wiki:
GRUB - ArchWiki

As I have a dual boot and had to fix it: Windows 11 scratched Manjaro boot : no dual boot anymore what should I do, not risking to break again ?

[bogdancovaciu]

Hello,

Related to this:

Issues with GRUB on the unstable branch

Well we should slow down in blindly adopting grub updates when Arch does it. In the end it is grub-git what Arch is pushing out to their users without much testing. Also most already adopted systemd-boot or other bootloaders so grub is in general not great tested with Arch. At least we should check the commits for breaking changes. The issue Starting with this commit, grub introduced a call to fwsetup --is-supported in /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware. If the version of grub you have installed via…

Your topic from last year is unrelated to the new issue …

[nam1962]

Thank U for caring.
If I get the point, I should do nothing for now ?

[bogdancovaciu]

Well, @Yochanan has reverted the GRUB with a properly working one, so no more systems will have a broken GRUB. Not quite sure what will happen next.

[koshikas]

there is a new grub 2:2.06.r322.gd9b4638c5-3, which is in arch stable now, which is also probably held back in manjaro repos. the changes indicate a message shown to users to manually re-install bootloader and “reverting of reverted commit”

History for trunk - archlinux/svntogit-packages

[Olli]

Recent changes in grub added a new command option to fwsetup and changed the way the command is invoked in the generated boot configuration. Depending on your system hardware and setup this could cause an unbootable system due to incompatibilities between the installed bootloader and configuration. After a grub package update it is advised to run both, installation and regeneration of configuration:

grub-install …
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Recent changes in grub added a new command option to fwsetup and changed the way the command is invoked in the generated boot configuration. Depending on your system hardware and setup this could cause an unbootable system due to incompatibilities between the installed bootloader and configuration. After a grub package update it is advised to run both, installation and regeneration of configuration:

grub-install …
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

For more specific information on grub-install, please refer to the wiki: GRUB - ArchWiki

For more specific information on grub-install, please refer to the wiki: GRUB - ArchWiki

https://archlinux.org/news/grub-bootloader-upgrade-and-configuration-incompatibilities/

[clmbtti]

I don’t think you need to worry as manjaro has its own grub package, it no longer imports directly Arch’s.

[nam1962]

Btw, this alert appears with topgrade

GitHub - r-darwish/topgrade: Upgrade everything

[yrjo]

Just watched Brodie Robertson vlog on this topic and I’m so happy that Manjaro is not affected.