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Different Grub files to edit

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I've been looking around to solve a black screen problem and found some pages with a very similar solution but each one using different grub files to edit.

For instance I've found examples using grub here /etc/default/grub and here /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

What is the difference between them and which one should I edit?

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answered 1 Year ago fulpu · Accepted Answer

As the comment at the start of /boot/grub/grub.cfg says:

#

# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE

#

# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates

# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub

#

In other words, any time you run update-grub or it is run for you ( for instance, when install a new kernel, or certain other packages ), grub.cfg is thrown out and recreated, so edit /etc/default/grub.