GRUB_TIMEOUT in /etc/default/grub not changing the wait time with LVM
First of all: YES, I did the update-grub after changing the value.
After a new install of Ubuntu 18.10 on an empty disk the wait time at the grub menu is of 30 seconds (half an eternity!).
The line GRUB_TIMEOUT in /etc/default/grub had a value of 0. Changing this to 10 did not change the wait time, it was still 30 seconds.
Any ideas?
boot grub2 18.10 lvm
edited 9 hours ago
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First of all: YES, I did the update-grub after changing the value.
After a new install of Ubuntu 18.10 on an empty disk the wait time at the grub menu is of 30 seconds (half an eternity!).
The line GRUB_TIMEOUT in /etc/default/grub had a value of 0. Changing this to 10 did not change the wait time, it was still 30 seconds.
Any ideas?
boot grub2 18.10 lvm
edited 9 hours ago
Pilot6
53k15108197
asked 10 hours ago
mucluxmuclux
2,4361725
Do you have root on LVM or btrfs?
– Pilot6
10 hours ago
@Pilot6 I have LVM, the file systems are ext4.
– muclux
10 hours ago
This is by design, I will post an answer.
– Pilot6
10 hours ago
add a comment |
First of all: YES, I did the update-grub after changing the value.
After a new install of Ubuntu 18.10 on an empty disk the wait time at the grub menu is of 30 seconds (half an eternity!).
The line GRUB_TIMEOUT in /etc/default/grub had a value of 0. Changing this to 10 did not change the wait time, it was still 30 seconds.
Any ideas?
boot grub2 18.10 lvm
edited 9 hours ago
Pilot6
53k15108197
asked 10 hours ago
mucluxmuclux
2,4361725
First of all: YES, I did the update-grub after changing the value.
After a new install of Ubuntu 18.10 on an empty disk the wait time at the grub menu is of 30 seconds (half an eternity!).
The line GRUB_TIMEOUT in /etc/default/grub had a value of 0. Changing this to 10 did not change the wait time, it was still 30 seconds.
Any ideas?
boot grub2 18.10 lvm
boot grub2 18.10 lvm
edited 9 hours ago
Pilot6
53k15108197
asked 10 hours ago
mucluxmuclux
2,4361725
edited 9 hours ago
Pilot6
53k15108197
asked 10 hours ago
mucluxmuclux
2,4361725
edited 9 hours ago
Pilot6
53k15108197
edited 9 hours ago
Pilot6
53k15108197
edited 9 hours ago
Pilot6
53k15108197
53k15108197
asked 10 hours ago
mucluxmuclux
2,4361725
asked 10 hours ago
mucluxmuclux
2,4361725
asked 10 hours ago
mucluxmuclux
2,4361725
2,4361725
Do you have root on LVM or btrfs?
– Pilot6
10 hours ago
@Pilot6 I have LVM, the file systems are ext4.
– muclux
10 hours ago
This is by design, I will post an answer.
– Pilot6
10 hours ago
add a comment |
Do you have root on LVM or btrfs?
– Pilot6
10 hours ago
@Pilot6 I have LVM, the file systems are ext4.
– muclux
10 hours ago
This is by design, I will post an answer.
– Pilot6
10 hours ago
Do you have root on LVM or btrfs?
– Pilot6
10 hours ago
Do you have root on LVM or btrfs?
– Pilot6
10 hours ago
@Pilot6 I have LVM, the file systems are ext4.
– muclux
10 hours ago
@Pilot6 I have LVM, the file systems are ext4.
– muclux
10 hours ago
This is by design, I will post an answer.
– Pilot6
10 hours ago
This is by design, I will post an answer.
– Pilot6
10 hours ago
add a comment |
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Recently a patch has been merged fixing grub timeout menu to 30 seconds for UEFI systems with /boot on lvm or btrfs.
The reason for that in some cases a user can't access boot menu. grub can't write to lvm or btrfs.
See this bug report for more details.
If you look into grub.cfg, you'll see this:
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then
set timeout=30
else
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=hidden
set timeout=0
# Fallback hidden-timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
elif sleep --interruptible 0 ; then
set timeout=0
fi
fi
if [ $grub_platform = efi ]; then
set timeout=30
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=menu
fi
fi
You can change it manually, but it will be reverted on update-grub.
answered 9 hours ago
Pilot6Pilot6
53k15108197
Thank you for this fast answer. I have EFI and LVM, but /boot is the only partition outside of the Volume Group. So it seems that I have to "suffer" for the benefit of those who have put /boot into LVM (or stop the wait by hitting 'ENTER').
– muclux
9 hours ago
I have to suffer too with boot on btrfs. It makes no sense for me, but this is not my decision.
– Pilot6
9 hours ago
add a comment |
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Recently a patch has been merged fixing grub timeout menu to 30 seconds for UEFI systems with /boot on lvm or btrfs.
The reason for that in some cases a user can't access boot menu. grub can't write to lvm or btrfs.
See this bug report for more details.
If you look into grub.cfg, you'll see this:
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then
set timeout=30
else
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=hidden
set timeout=0
# Fallback hidden-timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
elif sleep --interruptible 0 ; then
set timeout=0
fi
fi
if [ $grub_platform = efi ]; then
set timeout=30
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=menu
fi
fi
You can change it manually, but it will be reverted on update-grub.
answered 9 hours ago
Pilot6Pilot6
53k15108197
Thank you for this fast answer. I have EFI and LVM, but /boot is the only partition outside of the Volume Group. So it seems that I have to "suffer" for the benefit of those who have put /boot into LVM (or stop the wait by hitting 'ENTER').
– muclux
9 hours ago
I have to suffer too with boot on btrfs. It makes no sense for me, but this is not my decision.
– Pilot6
9 hours ago
add a comment |
Recently a patch has been merged fixing grub timeout menu to 30 seconds for UEFI systems with /boot on lvm or btrfs.
The reason for that in some cases a user can't access boot menu. grub can't write to lvm or btrfs.
See this bug report for more details.
If you look into grub.cfg, you'll see this:
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then
set timeout=30
else
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=hidden
set timeout=0
# Fallback hidden-timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
elif sleep --interruptible 0 ; then
set timeout=0
fi
fi
if [ $grub_platform = efi ]; then
set timeout=30
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=menu
fi
fi
You can change it manually, but it will be reverted on update-grub.
answered 9 hours ago
Pilot6Pilot6
53k15108197
Thank you for this fast answer. I have EFI and LVM, but /boot is the only partition outside of the Volume Group. So it seems that I have to "suffer" for the benefit of those who have put /boot into LVM (or stop the wait by hitting 'ENTER').
– muclux
9 hours ago
I have to suffer too with boot on btrfs. It makes no sense for me, but this is not my decision.
– Pilot6
9 hours ago
add a comment |
Recently a patch has been merged fixing grub timeout menu to 30 seconds for UEFI systems with /boot on lvm or btrfs.
The reason for that in some cases a user can't access boot menu. grub can't write to lvm or btrfs.
See this bug report for more details.
If you look into grub.cfg, you'll see this:
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then
set timeout=30
else
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=hidden
set timeout=0
# Fallback hidden-timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
elif sleep --interruptible 0 ; then
set timeout=0
fi
fi
if [ $grub_platform = efi ]; then
set timeout=30
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=menu
fi
fi
You can change it manually, but it will be reverted on update-grub.
answered 9 hours ago
Pilot6Pilot6
53k15108197
Recently a patch has been merged fixing grub timeout menu to 30 seconds for UEFI systems with /boot on lvm or btrfs.
The reason for that in some cases a user can't access boot menu. grub can't write to lvm or btrfs.
See this bug report for more details.
If you look into grub.cfg, you'll see this:
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then
set timeout=30
else
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=hidden
set timeout=0
# Fallback hidden-timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
elif sleep --interruptible 0 ; then
set timeout=0
fi
fi
if [ $grub_platform = efi ]; then
set timeout=30
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=menu
fi
fi
You can change it manually, but it will be reverted on update-grub.
answered 9 hours ago
Pilot6Pilot6
53k15108197
edited 9 hours ago
answered 9 hours ago
Pilot6Pilot6
53k15108197
answered 9 hours ago
Pilot6Pilot6
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answered 9 hours ago
Pilot6Pilot6
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53k15108197
Thank you for this fast answer. I have EFI and LVM, but /boot is the only partition outside of the Volume Group. So it seems that I have to "suffer" for the benefit of those who have put /boot into LVM (or stop the wait by hitting 'ENTER').
– muclux
9 hours ago
I have to suffer too with boot on btrfs. It makes no sense for me, but this is not my decision.
– Pilot6
9 hours ago
add a comment |
Thank you for this fast answer. I have EFI and LVM, but /boot is the only partition outside of the Volume Group. So it seems that I have to "suffer" for the benefit of those who have put /boot into LVM (or stop the wait by hitting 'ENTER').
– muclux
9 hours ago
I have to suffer too with boot on btrfs. It makes no sense for me, but this is not my decision.
– Pilot6
9 hours ago
Thank you for this fast answer. I have EFI and LVM, but /boot is the only partition outside of the Volume Group. So it seems that I have to "suffer" for the benefit of those who have put /boot into LVM (or stop the wait by hitting 'ENTER').
– muclux
9 hours ago
Thank you for this fast answer. I have EFI and LVM, but /boot is the only partition outside of the Volume Group. So it seems that I have to "suffer" for the benefit of those who have put /boot into LVM (or stop the wait by hitting 'ENTER').
– muclux
9 hours ago
I have to suffer too with boot on btrfs. It makes no sense for me, but this is not my decision.
– Pilot6
9 hours ago
I have to suffer too with boot on btrfs. It makes no sense for me, but this is not my decision.
– Pilot6
9 hours ago
add a comment |
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Do you have root on LVM or btrfs?
– Pilot6
10 hours ago
@Pilot6 I have LVM, the file systems are ext4.
– muclux
10 hours ago
This is by design, I will post an answer.
– Pilot6
10 hours ago