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My OS version is Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Recently I got a kernel update to version 5.8.0-38 but then I was facing a lot of hardware issues. Now I am temporarily on kernel version 5.8.0-36 generic. How do I set this particular version as default. I am completely new to Linux.

Vaibhav07
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The simplest solution might be to enable Grub's GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT feature. Try this:

  1. Open the Terminal
  2. Edit the /etc/default/grub file: sudo vi /etc/default/grub
  3. Change GRUB_DEFAULT=0 to GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
  4. Add GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true
  5. Save the file (Esc⇢:⇢W⇢X
  6. Update Grub with: sudo update-grub

These settings will ensure that your system boots with the last kernel you chose during boot.

Now reboot, hold the shift key when your system comes back up. You should then see the Grub menu. Choose the Kernel that works for you. That will now be "default".

Hope this gives you what you need.

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If you'd like to always boot specific version by default you should

  1. Edit /etc/default/grub file. Find GRUB_DEFAULT and specify path to the grub menu entry (something like GRUB_DEFAULT='Advanced options for Ubuntu>Ubuntu, with Linux 5.4.0-48-generic')
  2. Run update-grub.

Note 1. You can find grub menu entries in /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
Note 2. I recommend to make a copy of /etc/default/grub before modification.

You can also check this link - I've created a note for myself some time ago.

zx485
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Ilya Bystrov
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  • Thank you, this works even when an additional kernel is installed (numbering 1>2 breaks in such cases). – spawn Jun 17 '21 at 09:16
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I downgraded kernel version to install an old version of Nvidia driver. After the steps given by user1091774, I find that it is necessary to run sudo update-initramfs -u, otherwise DKMS still tries to build Nvidia driver against the latest version of kernel.

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