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I'm running Fedora 31 and when I installed it (F29) I added the option mem_sleep_default=deep to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in /etc/default/grub. Now I wanted to remove that option but found the file like this:

GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="$(sed 's, release .*$,,g' /etc/system-release)"
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=true
GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="console"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"
GRUB_ENABLE_BLSCFG=true

I remember there have been many more options like rd.lvm.lv or rd.luks.uuid which luckily still are in /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg but I can't find them anywhere else.

I think things might have changed since the upgrade to F30 or F31. Also I noticed that GRUB_ENABLE_BLSCFG=true might mean that things are done different now. I read that I shouldn't use grub2-mkconfig any more but grubby to change kernelopts. But I fear to loose all my kernelopts which I think are important.

So what is the correct way to handle this?

P1zz4br0etch3n
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I believe the recommended approach is to use grubby:

grubby --update-kernel=ALL --args="mem_sleep_default=deep"

will add the given argument to the kernel command line, and

grubby --update-kernel=ALL --remove-args=mem_sleep_default

will remove it.

grubby minimises the changes made, and when updating kernel parameters, the above will preserve the other parameters (based on those used to boot the currently-running kernel).

/etc/default/grub isn’t necessarily the reference file for boot parameters; AFAICT on EFI systems you should look at /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grubenv (or rather, /boot/grub2/grubenv).

See the GRUB 2 wiki page on the Fedora wiki for some complementary information.

Stephen Kitt
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