Yet again Grub issues, can't find my MX xfce [Solved]

[argonaut459]

Posted the entry in question as screenshot in above message.
Or rather copy paste the whole section?

Into the NEW custom.cfg on the kde partition.
Thanks for clarifying, I literally read it twice to "insert it in the KDE one"
Holy cow, that could've been a mess

EDIT;
Alright, managed to finally create the file and only content of it is:

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menuentry 'MX 21.2.1 Wildflower' --class mx --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-7a86bd5b-d3a6-45ae-9a0d-45b813ee884f' {

What should happen now, if I reboot the PC?

[fehlix]

Posted the entry in question as screenshot in above message.

Or rather copy paste the whole section?

Into the NEW custom.cfg on the kde partition.
Thanks for clarifying, I literally read it twice to "insert it in the KDE one"
Holy cow, that could've been a mess

EDIT;
Alright, managed to finally create the file and only content of it is:

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menuentry 'MX 21.2.1 Wildflower' --class mx --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-7a86bd5b-d3a6-45ae-9a0d-45b813ee884f' {

What should happen now, if I reboot the PC?

You didn't read my post carefully.
In case you don't know some editors can display sections of lines folded.
May be you don't know what fold and unfold of lines means?

[argonaut459]

Holy cow I'm really stupid today.
Of course you meant with a closing } not an opening.

I'll copy

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menuentry 'MX 21.2.1 Wildflower' --class mx --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-7a86bd5b-d3a6-45ae-9a0d-45b813ee884f' {
	load_video
	insmod gzio
	if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
	insmod part_gpt
	insmod btrfs
	set root='hd2,gpt3'
	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd2,gpt3 --hint-efi=hd2,gpt3 --hint-baremetal=ahci2,gpt3  7a86bd5b-d3a6-45ae-9a0d-45b813ee884f
	else
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7a86bd5b-d3a6-45ae-9a0d-45b813ee884f
	fi
	echo	'Loading Linux 6.0.0-6mx-amd64 ...'
	linux	/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.0.0-6mx-amd64 root=UUID=7a86bd5b-d3a6-45ae-9a0d-45b813ee884f ro rootflags=subvol=@  quiet splash
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/@/boot/initrd.img-6.0.0-6mx-amd64
}

into the custom.cfg file.

That should be correct now.

FYI, the next part begins with
submenu "advanced options"
followed by
menuentry "MX21 ... Linux 6.0.0 systemd "

These and more are not needed, right. Just the part I copy & pasted here.

[fehlix]

Holy cow I'm really stupid today.
Of course you meant with a closing } not an opening.

I'll copy

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menuentry 'MX 21.2.1 Wildflower' --class mx --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-7a86bd5b-d3a6-45ae-9a0d-45b813ee884f' {
	load_video
	insmod gzio
	if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
	insmod part_gpt
	insmod btrfs
	set root='hd2,gpt3'
	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd2,gpt3 --hint-efi=hd2,gpt3 --hint-baremetal=ahci2,gpt3  7a86bd5b-d3a6-45ae-9a0d-45b813ee884f
	else
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7a86bd5b-d3a6-45ae-9a0d-45b813ee884f
	fi
	echo	'Loading Linux 6.0.0-6mx-amd64 ...'
	linux	/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.0.0-6mx-amd64 root=UUID=7a86bd5b-d3a6-45ae-9a0d-45b813ee884f ro rootflags=subvol=@  quiet splash
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/@/boot/initrd.img-6.0.0-6mx-amd64
}

into the custom.cfg file.

That should be correct now.

FYI, the next part begins with
submenu "advanced options"
followed by
menuentry "MX21 ... Linux 6.0.0 systemd "

These and more are not needed, right. Just the part I copy & pasted here.

That's what was said.
Also suggest the change the menentry title, e.g by adding Xfce to the first quets title string,
so it get better visibility as the laste entry on the kde grub-menu.

[argonaut459]

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menuentry 'XFCE MX 21.2.1' --class mx --class gnu-  .......

like that?

And now? Save, reboot and select the XFCE entry?
If I botched something up, did I ruin XFCE and KDE or will I be able to at least get back to KDE and try again

[fehlix]

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menuentry 'XFCE MX 21.2.1' --class mx --class gnu-  .......

like that?

And now? Save, reboot and select the XFCE entry?
If I botched something up, did I ruin XFCE and KDE or will I be able to at least get back to KDE and try again

You didn't "reported" where you created and copied those lines into. I mean just in case it was not clearly advised.

[argonaut459]

Filename is:
custom.cfg

KDE>boot>grub

for some reason nothing happens when I press "print" key - or I woul've posted screenshot of it all together.
windows key + e don't open dolphin either, anymore

[fehlix]

Filename is:
custom.cfg

KDE>boot>grub

Appears to be correct ...

for some reason nothing happens when I press "print" key - or I woul've posted screenshot of it all together.
windows key + e don't open dolphin either, anymore

Sorry, don't understand why you need to print something:

ls -l /boot/grub/custom.cfg

and

cat /boot/grub/custom.cfg

would display what grub would load at next boot.

[argonaut459]

not print in terms of printing of paper - the german name for the key is in layman terms "Druck(en) Taste".

there we go -- looks promising:

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punisher@mxKDE:~
$ ls -l /boot/grub/custom.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 837 29. Mär 16:10 /boot/grub/custom.cfg
punisher@mxKDE:~
$ cat /boot/grub/custom.cfg
menuentry 'XFCE MX 21.2.1' --class mx --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-7a86bd5b-d3a6-45ae-9a0d-45b813ee884f' {
        load_video
        insmod gzio
        if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
        insmod part_gpt
        insmod btrfs
        set root='hd2,gpt3'
        if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
          search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd2,gpt3 --hint-efi=hd2,gpt3 --hint-baremetal=ahci2,gpt3  7a86bd5b-d3a6-45ae-9a0d-45b813ee884f
        else
          search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7a86bd5b-d3a6-45ae-9a0d-45b813ee884f
        fi
        echo    'Loading Linux 6.0.0-6mx-amd64 ...'
        linux   /@/boot/vmlinuz-6.0.0-6mx-amd64 root=UUID=7a86bd5b-d3a6-45ae-9a0d-45b813ee884f ro rootflags=subvol=@  quiet splash
        echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
        initrd  /@/boot/initrd.img-6.0.0-6mx-amd64
}
punisher@mxKDE:~

[fehlix]

reboot