I've done a fresh install of trusty (amd64) without proposed enabled, and the issue persists. I noticed the GRUB_TIMEOUT* is been overridden on 30_os-prober. I've updated the bug description.
** Description changed: - On trusty-proposed: + This is a fresh install of trusty (amd64), no proposed enabled. I have attached my `/etc/default/grub` file. After modifying it, I make sure to run update-grub, but the changes won't take effect on next - reboot: the menu is shown with a timeout of 10 seconds. + reboot: the menu is shown with a timeout of 10 seconds even when + GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE is set to countdown. + + After reading grub.cfg and googling a bit I found this: + + https://gist.github.com/LeahCim/9332432 + + (30_os-prober is overriding the values of GRUB_TIMEOUT and + GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE.) + + Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch) + Release: 14.04 grub-pc: - Installed: 2.02~beta2-5 - Candidate: 2.02~beta2-5 - Version table: - *** 2.02~beta2-5 0 - 500 http://do.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status - - ProblemType: Bug - DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 - Package: grub-pc 2.02~beta2-5 - ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-5.20-generic 3.13.0 - Uname: Linux 3.13.0-5-generic i686 - ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu2 - Architecture: i386 - CurrentDesktop: Unity - Date: Tue Jan 28 12:37:46 2014 - InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-14 (14 days ago) - InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha i386 (20140113) - SourcePackage: grub2 - UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) + Installed: 2.02~beta2-7 + Candidate: 2.02~beta2-7 + Version table: + *** 2.02~beta2-7 0 + 500 http://do.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Description changed: - This is a fresh install of trusty (amd64), no proposed enabled. + This is a fresh install of trusty (amd64), without proposed (since this + grub package has reached the regular repos). I have attached my `/etc/default/grub` file. After modifying it, I make sure to run update-grub, but the changes won't take effect on next reboot: the menu is shown with a timeout of 10 seconds even when GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE is set to countdown. After reading grub.cfg and googling a bit I found this: https://gist.github.com/LeahCim/9332432 (30_os-prober is overriding the values of GRUB_TIMEOUT and GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE.) Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch) Release: 14.04 grub-pc: - Installed: 2.02~beta2-7 - Candidate: 2.02~beta2-7 - Version table: - *** 2.02~beta2-7 0 - 500 http://do.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + Installed: 2.02~beta2-7 + Candidate: 2.02~beta2-7 + Version table: + *** 2.02~beta2-7 0 + 500 http://do.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1273764 Title: Grub ignores options on /etc/default/grub To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1273764/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
