[Bug 1227365] Re: grub does not appear when holding down shift key

[Rebecca Palmer]

The original bug (which I no longer have the hardware from) was on BIOS;
should the EFI problem be a separate bug?

Does changing the timeout settings to always-show (see above) work on
EFI?

> I need the GRUB menu because I need to add 'nomodeset'

There's a GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX parameter in /etc/default/grub that you can
use to add that permanently, but given that updates made there only take
effect after running 'sudo update-grub', if you're doing this from a
liveCD you'll also need to add it directly to the command line (the
first one starting with 'linux') in /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

> so the [...] nouveau driver doesn't attempt to drive my modern nvidia
card so I can get more than just a blank screen

Your real problem might be bug 1315156: there's a workaround there, but
it requires a running system.

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Title:
  grub does not appear when holding down shift key

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Steps:
  1. Boot computer while holding down shift

  Results:
  The computer boots as normal

  Expected:
  The grub menu appears

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: grub2 (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-7.14-generic 3.11.1
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-7-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Sep 18 17:06:27 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-23 (147 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130423.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-08-14 (35 days ago)

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