[Bug 721235] Re: Show hint on boot that Shift key will display Grub menu

Phillip Susi psusi at ubuntu.com
Thu May 23 17:30:50 UTC 2013


We don't show it by default on purpose.  We have gone to a lot of
trouble over the years to have a smooth boot up splash screen without
any obtrusive and/or cryptic text.  This hint would fly in the face of
that policy.


** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Show hint on boot that Shift key will display Grub menu

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  On my Jaunty install grub shows on start up a message "press ESC to
  enter GRUB menu" with a countdown of 3 sec. In Natty there is no such
  message, I had to google to find out i have to press SHIFT.

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