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[SOLVED] Unable to hide 'tools' in rEFInd (lemmy.today)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by gpstarman@lemmy.today to c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world
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I want to hide the about tag in rEFInd. So, I did according to the info in config and website, which is to add a showtools line with no options.

And, nothing happens. I still see About, Shutdown, Reboot, Firmware tools in the rEFInd screen

# Default is shell,memtest,gdisk,apple_recovery,windows_recovery,mok_tool,about,hidden_tags,shutdown,reboot,firmware,fwupdate
# To completely disable scanning for all tools, provide a showtools line
# with no options.
#
#showtools shell, bootorder, gdisk, memtest, mok_tool, apple_recovery, windows_recovery, about, hidden_tags, reboot, exit, firmware, fwupdate
showtools

Eventhough the previous showtools line is a just a comment, I removed it too. And still nothing happens.

Does anybody have any idea?

I only want Shutdown, Reboot.

SOLVED

It seems like a rEFInd problem in latest version.

https://lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz/comment/16257252

Looks like I have to edit and rebuild it myself. Unfortunately, I'm not really that familiar with building packages myself.

Guess, I have to wait it out.

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[-] megane_kun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I am in no way an expert nor a proficient user of ReFind, but I looked at my own configuration and noticed that in the main configuration, the showtools line is commented out. However, when I looked at the configuration file of the theme I was using, there's a showtools line:

# Minimal dark refind theme v.0.2

# Set the name of a subdirectory in which icons are stored.
icons_dir themes/darkmini/icons

# Your background!
#banner themes/darkmini/bg/ubuntu_two.png
banner themes/darkmini/bg/background.png

# Custom images for the selection background.
selection_big   themes/darkmini/selection_big.png
selection_small themes/darkmini/selection_small.png

# Tools
showtools shutdown,reboot,firmware

I suppose then that if you're using a ReFind theme, it might be overriding your base configuration.

Now, this is but an extra, so feel free to ignore this. This is how it looks like (mine has a different background image and list of OS'es):

I suppose you would want a more minimal look like this:

And here's the theme in question, https://github.com/LightAir/darkmini

I hope that helps somehow. Best of luck!

EDIT:

Changed the image to better reflect how my ReFind looks like given the theme and configuration. Added an additional screenshot. Added explanatory text and separation between my main response and additional info.

[-] gpstarman@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thank You.

showtools in main and theme config are both commented out.

Even if my theme config's showtools is not commented, rEFInd shouldn't show firmware and about. Since, they are not included in the showtools anyway.

And You are correct, I need it more like second picture.

Some, other person told me that, this is a rEFInd problem in latest version.

https://lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz/comment/16257252

Looks like I have to edit and rebuild it myself. Unfortunately, I'm not really that familiar with building packages myself.

Guess, I have to wait it out.

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