On latest Solus 4.3 Budgie somehow an update to the latest kernel was botched. In grub I see kernel 6.2.14-233.current as the default but it won´t boot. After loading the initial ram disk a blinking cursor is all I see.

Using the recovery menu in grub I can see kernel 6.2.14-232.current and luckily that one boots successfully so at least I can still use my box.

But it's a nuisance having to boot via the recovery menu all the time. So how can I either,

  • reinstall kernel 6.2.14-233.current, or,
  • uninstall kernel 6.2.14-233.current, or,
  • make kernel 6.2.14-232.current the default kernel for booting

Please note that I have the NVidia Accelerated Graphics driver installed (390.xx series).

    Aero9000 have you tried booting in the previous kernel and then installing the LTS kernel to see if that helps?

      First check sudo clr-boot-manager list-kernels.
      Where the * is the kernel that will boot after a reboot.
      My example:

      $ sudo clr-boot-manager list-kernels
* com.solus-project.current.6.3.3-234
  com.solus-project.current.6.2.16-233

      I execute the command sudo clr-boot-manager set-kernel com.solus-project.current.6.2.16-233
      Checking:

      $ sudo clr-boot-manager list-kernels
  com.solus-project.current.6.3.3-234
* com.solus-project.current.6.2.16-233

      Reboot:

      $ uname -r
6.2.16-233.current

      The problem may be the nvidia drivers. See it.

        pomon The problem may be the nvidia drivers. See it.

        Well, sir/madam, it most certainly was.

        Here's how I resolved the issue....

        • Booted with the old (working) kernel.
        • Uninstalled proprietary NVidia driver and reboot.
        • Booted with the latest kernel on my box (which now worked).
        • Reinstall NVidia driver and reboot.

        Now both kernels will run successfully with a GUI desktop.

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