On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 3:05 PM Tom Horsley <horsley1953@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > If I edit the grub.cfg file and replace this absurd > chunk of gibberish: > > if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then > if [ "${menu_show_once}" ]; then > unset menu_show_once > save_env menu_show_once > set timeout_style=menu > set timeout=60 > elif [ "${menu_auto_hide}" -a "${last_boot_ok}" = "1" ]; then > set orig_timeout_style=${timeout_style} > set orig_timeout=${timeout} > if [ "${fastboot}" = "1" ]; then > # timeout_style=menu + timeout=0 avoids the countdown code keypress check > set timeout_style=menu > set timeout=0 > else > set timeout_style=hidden > set timeout=1 > fi > fi > fi > > with just > > set timeout=5 > > will I get my grub menu back so I can do things > like choose previous kernels? > > Or should I just delete the entire chunk of code > between the 01_menu_auto_hide comments? > > And why isn't there a way to disable the whole > auto hide nonsense? The only thing it appears to be > checking is a serial console, no define you can provide > to just say "Dammit! Don't hide my menu!" I ignore the boilerplate and I run "chmod -x /etc/grub.d/*", copy one of the two below into "/etc/grub.d/*", "chmod +x" it, and run grub-mkconfig: localhost ~ # cat 90-grub-console #!/bin/sh cat <<EOF # menu set default=0 set timeout=2 # kernel insmod gzio # disk/partition insmod part_gpt # filesystem insmod ext2 # /boot search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 2ffc4e71-31ca-4816-b969-2862937ee395 # video terminal_input console terminal_output console menuentry 'multi' { linux /boot/kernel root=UUID=2653b879-3c02-4d05-a678-315259e0e11f ro initrd /boot/ramfs } menuentry 'single' { linux /boot/kernel root=UUID=2653b879-3c02-4d05-a678-315259e0e11f ro single initrd /boot/ramfs } menuentry 'emergency' { linux /boot/kernel root=UUID=2653b879-3c02-4d05-a678-315259e0e11f ro emergency initrd /boot/ramfs } menuentry 'multi (old)' { linux /boot/kernel-old root=UUID=2653b879-3c02-4d05-a678-315259e0e11f ro initrd /boot/ramfs-old } menuentry 'single (old)' { linux /boot/kernel-old root=UUID=2653b879-3c02-4d05-a678-315259e0e11f ro single initrd /boot/ramfs-old } menuentry 'emergency (old)' { linux /boot/kernel-old root=UUID=2653b879-3c02-4d05-a678-315259e0e11f ro emergency initrd /boot/ramfs-old } EOF localhost ~ # cat 90-grub-gfxterm #!/bin/sh exec tail -n +3 $0 # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. # Type the menu entries you want to add after this comment. # Be careful not to change the 'exec tail' line above. # menu set default=0 set timeout=2 # kernel insmod gzio # disk/partition insmod part_gpt # filesystem insmod ext2 # /boot search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 2ffc4e71-31ca-4816-b969-2862937ee395 # video insmod all_video insmod gettext insmod gfxterm loadfont $prefix/unicode.pf2 set gfxmode=auto set lang=en_US set locale_dir=$prefix/locale terminal_input gfxterm terminal_output gfxterm menuentry 'multi' { linux /boot/kernel root=UUID=2653b879-3c02-4d05-a678-315259e0e11f ro initrd /boot/ramfs } menuentry 'single' { linux /boot/kernel root=UUID=2653b879-3c02-4d05-a678-315259e0e11f ro single initrd /boot/ramfs } menuentry 'emergency' { linux /boot/kernel root=UUID=2653b879-3c02-4d05-a678-315259e0e11f ro emergency initrd /boot/ramfs } menuentry 'multi (old)' { linux /boot/kernel-old root=UUID=2653b879-3c02-4d05-a678-315259e0e11f ro initrd /boot/ramfs-old } menuentry 'single (old)' { linux /boot/kernel-old root=UUID=2653b879-3c02-4d05-a678-315259e0e11f ro single initrd /boot/ramfs-old } menuentry 'emergency (old)' { linux /boot/kernel-old root=UUID=2653b879-3c02-4d05-a678-315259e0e11f ro emergency initrd /boot/ramfs-old } _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx