I decided to reinstall EndeavorOS, which I do once every 2 years as an easy way to clean out clutter… (Ganymede this time). In the past when installing the LTS Kernel (Optional) the system always booted by default to the current kernel, this time the order is reversed, and even worse: In the past,…

[image] Zoidmo: The instructions say to change /efi/loader/loader.conf which exists as a a sub-folder under/ but also as an actual efi partition which the Archwiki says to make changes to directly by chrooting into it: so which one is it? The former sounds easier and safer than the latter. Th…

I never changed the default boot order in systemd boot, only in grub, which was a long time ago: I never was one of those Anti systemd people. Systemd just doesn’t have a convenient GUI app to change it’s settings as there is for GRUB, and so where the Archwiki and some people claim “It’s easy” I …

[image] Zoidmo: I also mentioned that systemd used to, but no longer defaults to the last used kernel, which is odd. For the record, I wrote the automation systemd-boot uses on EOS and I am the one who decided the sort order. It has never defaulted to the last used entry. [image] Zoidmo: …

On the boot page, you can press ‘d’ to set the highlighted line as the “default” boot entry. No complex editing/compiling required. Or just edit the loader.conf. esp/loader/loader.conf default @saved Remember last entry - systemd-boot - ArchWiki The default can be changed to @saved…

[image] MrSmartepants: On the boot page, you can press ‘d’ to set the highlighted line as the “default” boot entry. No complex editing/compiling required. There is very little point in doing it that way. It will stop working every time a new kernel update comes.

[image] dalto: There is very little point in doing it that way. It will stop working every time a new kernel update comes. Thanks for this, I would’ve done that and been annoyed when it reset. It’s hardly complicated to follow that EndeavourOS discovery guide I know but I’d have still tried t…

[image] Zoidmo: I never changed the default boot order in systemd boot I think you did. From July 2024: [image] Grub prompt after crash: I don't have grub installed, but systemd boot! I cannot for the life of me find info on how to change the kernel order on boot, so I don’t have to alway…

Sorry, busy with so much other stuff. I will use the info from that EOS posting, but for now I did use the “Just hit d with the preferred kernel option selected” option: New much better Kernel coming, and new plasma updates! I can’t keep up with it all! That of course is a me thing, not that I d…

First, thanks for making the installer so good! :trophy: I have no clue how exactly systemd handles the boot entries and wasn’t insinuating it was your doing, and would think you just include it as is, and it somehow is different now: Defaulting to the last used entry is different from arranging t…

[image] Zoidmo: I’m more interested in why now the LTS kernel (a mere option) is the default after a reinstall of the OS which it didn’t used to be Again, nothing has changed. Whenever it is installed, it is always above the normal kernel. [image] Zoidmo: Are you saying it was your choi…

Systemd boot options keep defaulting to LTS kernel

General system Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware

Stagger_Lee February 24, 2026, 8:23pm 9

I think you did. From July 2024:

You got this reply:

Then you said:

I think it is safe to make the assumption that you used the information in that link to change the kernel boot order to default to the current kernel. When you made your new “clean install” you forgot that you had done this.