New kernel from update June 4 2010

[NoOp]

On 06/04/2010 12:32 PM, Steve wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:07:17 +0100, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net>  
> wrote:
> 
>> Goh Lip wrote:
>>> On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:33:32 -0700
>>> NoOp<glgxg at sbcglobal.net>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Karl, what NoOp is saying is that having kvm installed may cause your
>>> problem.
>>>
>>> Do you have kvm installed?
>>> (check by "apt-cache policy kvm")
>>>
>>> If yes, follow his quote from the bug report, ie....
>>> Restart.
>>> Choose 2.6.32-22 (recovery mode)
>>> Repair broken packages
>>> Update grub bootloader
>>> Resume normal boot
>>>
>>> Maurice solved his problem by update-grub, (presumably in older
>>> kernel), and solution is similar to above. It would be good to
>>> know too if Maurice also have kvm installed.
>>>
>>> Do you have kvm installed too, Maurice?
>>> This information may help Karl.
>>>
>>> Regards - Goh Lip
>>>
>>
>> I have a machine with just 10.04 installed. If I am hit with this
>> problem I want to be prepared.  How do I boot to the grub menu? I
>> thought it was holding down the shift key but that did not work.
>>
>> Thanks,  Jim
>>
>>
> It may be easier to alter the settings in  /etc/default/grub  so the menu  
> does pop up for a little while.
> 

Good point:

$ gksu gedit /etc/default/grub

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10 <==== will give 10 sec menu