[Bug 782419] Re: grub menu does not display after upgrade to 11.04

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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

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Title:
  grub menu does not display after upgrade to 11.04

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub2

  I originally upgraded to Ubuntu 11.04 from 10.10. After this upgrade, when I restarted, the grub menu did not display. It turned out that the geuyb menu was active, and I was able to use the up-down arrows to "select" an OS to boot into. I later performed a fresh install of 11.04 on a different partition. Again, the grub menu did not display upon restart. In the file /etc/defauylt/grub, I uncommented the line GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480, executed "update-grub", rebooted, and the grub menu did display this time. This solution appeared to work for others as reported over the internet. I originally thought that the grub menu not displaying was the result of incorrect Nvidia graphic drivers (bug report 775870), but I no longer believe this is the case.
  1. lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 11.04
  Release:	11.04
  2.  apt-cache policy grub-pc
  grub-pc:
    Installed: 1.99~rc1-13ubuntu3
    Candidate: 1.99~rc1-13ubuntu3
    Version table:
   *** 1.99~rc1-13ubuntu3 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  3. When I either upgrade or do a fresh install of Ubuntuy 11.04, I expect that the grub menu will display after reboot because I have more than one OS on my PC.
  4. When I either upgrade or do a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.04, the grub menu did not display after restart.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: grub2 (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-9.43-generic 2.6.38.4
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-9-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri May 13 16:35:50 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-09 (4 days ago)

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