Just updating the configuration doesn't do anything; you need to run
`update-grub` for the changes to be applied. This is normally automatically
done on kernel updates and such via apt but since you're making changes outside
of that then you have to manually run the command to apply the changes.
On Mon, Sep 22, 2025, at 8:17 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> needed GRUB_RECORDFAIL_TIMEOUT=5
>
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM Michael <bmi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> chatgpt wasn't able to show me what was wrong!
>>
>> here is my current grub:
>>
>> GRUB_DEFAULT=0
>> GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=countdown
>> GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
>> GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`( . /etc/os-release; echo ${NAME:-Ubuntu} ) 2>/dev/null ||
>> ec>
>> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
>> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM Michael <bmi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hey, I want to decrease the grub time out to 5 seconds. So I used chat gpt.
>>> After I opened sudo nano /etc/default/grub I noticed that the timeout was
>>> set to 0. I figured the person who set it to 0 forgot to update grub so I
>>> changed it to 5 seconds and updated it. Upon restart it was still 30
>>> seconds. What gives?
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM Michael <bmi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I just realized what all of the spare kernels are for in the GRUB menu! In
>>>> case there is an update and it forks it up.
>>>> Fork.
>>>> Fork!
>>>> Why can't I say FORK?
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> --
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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