I wonder if I am the only one who is not able to switch kernels in grub?
I have four lines but can’t pick another line than the upper one.
It seems that my keyboard is not working, I can’t use the arrow keys nor the page-up or down keys.
This used to work well in the past but stopped a few weeks ago.
I have to alter the grub.cfg if I would like to boot with another kernel.
What is in your /etc/mkinitcpio.conf about HOOKS?
I have
HOOKS="base udev autodetect modconf block keyboard keymap filesystems fsck"
I have…
HOOKS=“base udev autodetect modconf block keyboard keymap resume filesystems fsck”
Quite the same, I only have an extra resume.
I guess resume is related to using swap, and I don’t have swap. So no problem there.
Have you tried a different keyboard? Especially a wired one (if you now have wireless)?
It’s a laptop.
System:
Host: richard-pc Kernel: 5.4.19-1-lts x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 9.2.1 Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.13 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4
dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: EndeavourOS
Machine:
Type: Portable System: Dell product: Inspiron 15-3552 v: 4.4.0
serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 8 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: ������ v: ��� serial: <filter> UEFI [Legacy]: Dell
v: 4.4.0 date: 03/06/2018
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 30.1 Wh condition: 30.1/37.3 Wh (81%) volts: 16.5/14.8
model: PANASONIC DELL 78V9D63 type: Unknown serial: <filter> status: Full
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse serial: <filter>
charge: 5% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging
CPU:
Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Celeron N3050 bits: 64 type: MCP
arch: Airmont rev: 3 L2 cache: 1024 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 6400
Speed: 1873 MHz min/max: 480/2160 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1873 2: 1349
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx
Integrated Graphics
vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:22b1
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.7 driver: intel
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series
High Definition Audio
vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0
chip ID: 8086:2284
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.19-1-lts
Network:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Dell driver: ath9k v: kernel port: f040 bus ID: 01:00.0
chip ID: 168c:0036
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros type: USB driver: btusb bus ID: 1-2.1:12
chip ID: 0cf3:e005
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 119.24 GiB used: 41.35 GiB (34.7%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Crucial model: CT128MX100SSD1 size: 119.24 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: MU03 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 108.73 GiB used: 41.32 GiB (38.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: swap-1 size: 8.27 GiB used: 32.2 MiB (0.4%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 26.0 C mobo: 33.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info:
Processes: 182 Uptime: 5h 13m Memory: 3.76 GiB used: 1.80 GiB (48.0%)
Init: systemd v: 244 Compilers: gcc: 9.2.1 Shell: bash v: 5.0.11
running in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.0.37
Well, I see that kernel 4.19 is gone and has been replaced with 5.4. 
Do the navigation keys work reliably after you have booted past grub?
What do the following lines look like in your /etc/default/grub?
# Uncomment to use basic console
GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console
# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal
#GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=console
Can you check your keyboard layout in bios?
Nav keys work normal after boot.
Grub lines are looking the same.
# Uncomment to use basic console
GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console
# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal
#GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=console
Keyboard layout is not available in my Bios.
What happens when you try to navigate with <ctrl>+c and <ctrl>+g ?
It seems to have a problem on this model Dell Inspiron 15-3552 for keyboard unfortunately !
https://www.dell.com/community/Inspiron/Inspiron-15-3552-standby-keyboard-issues/td-p/7372575
I saw you have the latest Bios 4.4.0. Maybe try the capslock key that sometimes lock the keyboard, they did a new driver this december but only for Win !
Follow what @manuel told with a wired usb keyboard to test…
Does this problem happen when you boot or reboot the machine, or when you come back from hibernate?
I never use hybernate but suspend only.
Then there is no grub involved.
So, only when I boot the laptop this problem occurs.
See if you can re-arrange boot order using grub-customizer package.
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/grub-customizer/
Be very careful before you save the grub order menu! Also, try to see if you can use the 'up/down" keys using an external wired keyboard.
Ctrl c or g doesn’t do anything, nor does Capslock.
I am able to pick another kernel by altering the value of first line from the grub file.
But this not very comfortable.
Well, don’t need need to pick another kernel anyway…
# GRUB boot loader configuration
GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=2
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="EndeavourOS"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet intel_idle.max_cstate=1 resume=UUID=31fc204a-f877-4128-b63f-ac70b0d5312e loglevel=3"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
@Lemon
Do you remember what you did at the time (a few weeks ago) when keyboard stopped working?
Maybe an update? A kernel update?
There’s an app called pahis (package history) that you can install with pacman. It shows you history of e.g. package updates or installs.
No, I don’t know which update caused it, if an update did this.
Don’t even know how long this issue teases me.