boot screen missing on 10,04 with intel graphics

[Mike McMullin]

On August 31, 2010 02:28:46 pm NoOp wrote:
> On 08/31/2010 10:03 AM, Mike McMullin wrote:
> > On August 31, 2010 03:10:51 am Monezz wrote:
> >> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Mike McMullin <mmcmullin at cogeco.ca> 
wrote:
> >> > so I'd also like to set the delay for the default
> >> > boot to at least 30 seconds or so.
> >> 
> >> change the GRUB_TIMEOUT setting to 30 in  /etc/default/grub
> >> and run: sudo update-grub
> >> 
> >   Okay did that, then shut down and booted, still no screen until the
> >   Ubuntu
> > 
> > with dots underneath it appears.
> > 
> >> > First off there is no boot screen, the display is black then it
> >> > shows a normal 80x60 scroll of ongoing processes followed by a flicker
> >> > and the resolution changes to high.
> >> 
> >> I also experience some wierd screens during boot on my laptop with ati
> >> card (modified by hp to make life even worse)
> >> I suspect it has something to do with the timing of loading the
> >> graphics driver in the kernel.
> >> Its just a few seconds so I choose to ignore it :)
> >> 
> >   This system has Intel Graphics, my eMachines laptop has the ATI, and
> >   the
> > 
> > same quirks, so I've actually got 2 systems to solve his on.
> 
> See:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
> for troubleshooting advise.

Initial Default

    * GRUB 2 will boot straight into the default operating system if no other 
operating system is detected. No menu will be displayed. If another operating 
system is detected, the GRUB 2 menu will display. 

Timed Display

    *

      The menu is displayed for a predetermined number of seconds. The default 
entry is highlighted and other selections may be made by the user until the 
timeout expires. The default timeout is now 3 seconds. The timer continues 
until any key is pressed or the highlighted entry is selected by pressing 
ENTER. If no user input is made GRUB 2 boots the default entry at the end of 
the timeout period.
    * Once a key has been pressed the timeout is deactivated and the user must 
make a selection manually.
    *

      The default entry is determined by the DEFAULT= setting in 
/etc/default/grub; the first "menuentry" has a value of "0". 

Hidden

    * No menu entries are displayed. The splash screen, if configured, will be 
displayed.
    * The user can interrupt the boot process and display the menu by holding 
down the SHIFT key until the menu displays.
          o GRUB 2 searches for a depressed SHIFT key signal during boot. If 
the key is pressed or GRUB 2 cannot determine the status of the key, the menu 
is displayed. 
    *

      The time the screen remains blank but available for display is 
determined by a setting in /etc/default/grub.
    *

      GRUB 2 can display a countdown timer to provide visual feedback on the 
time remaining until the default selection is chosen. The timeout setting is 
enabled in /etc/default/grub
    *

      At the end of the timeout, the default entry determined by settings in 
/etc/default/grub will be selected. 

  I'll definitely keep digging on this.  While holding the shift key during 
boot can be done, it's not the kind of work I like seeing stuff go out the door 
with.