On 04.05.15 10:06, Gene Heskett wrote:
> I did make those changes to /etc/default/grub:
> GRUB_DEFAULT=0
> GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=10
> #GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
> GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
> GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
Gene,
Seeing that it seems to still be giving you the irrits, here's my
corresponding /etc/default/grub lines:
GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
Perhaps then, if you just comment out the GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT, it'll
come good enough to use for now?
> I have now tried all the tricks to get the grub menu that have been
> mentioned here, including holding down the right shift key while booting
> from the original install cd for the ubu 10.04-4 LTS version.
The above lines have the menu come up unbidden on each boot. That's why
I only allow a 5 second timeout. (And can't say for sure which shift key
ought to undo the HIDDEN guff, or whether it will.)
> My screen steadfastly remains blank during what I think is the 10 second
> timeout, followed by the kernel decompression and first few lines of its
> booting messages. I have a copy of lubuntu 14.04-2 LTS on a dvd in front
> of me that I will take out and try. BRB. And it boots straight into
> the install screen, asking for the language.
The suggested step backwards may confound the gremlins, i.e. no HIDDEN
guff, just a simple "gimme da menu & shuddup" config.
Apropos the useless manpages; there are a couple of those about,
deliberately left uninformative by one or two politicised developer
groups who wish to see "info" replace "man". When it's clear I've found
one of them, I always arc up info as a second stab. If you don't have a
grub "info" page, then an apt-get of the grub-doc package will probably
yield paydirt.
Incidentally, there's no memtest86 on this recently installed debian
7.8.0. I'd have to do an apt-get before adding it to the boot options.
Hopefully you won't have that bother as well.
Erik
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