The grub-pc package generates the initial /etc/default/grub file based on /usr/share/grub/default/grub , which currently includes a GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 line.
There is logic in the .postinst script to comment out that line if the grub-pc/hidden_timeout debconf value is set to False, but as far as I can see the only way for that to happen is if one is upgrading from a pre-version-2 version of grub and the /boot/grub/menu.list file contains the word "hiddenmenu", or if the line is already commented out (e.g. it has been done manually beforehand). (Doing a "dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc" does not prompt for that item.) Given that GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT is now deprecated, maybe the postinst script should attempt to convert a setting for that variable into a GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE setting.... In any case, it seems the /usr/share/grub/default/grub file should be edited to reflect the currently recommended settings. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1258597 Title: Warning: Setting GRUB_TIMEOUT to a non-zero value when GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT is set is no longer supported. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1258597/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
