boot screen missing on 10,04 with intel graphics

[NoOp]

On 08/31/2010 10:18 PM, Mike McMullin wrote:
> 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. 
...
> 
>   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.
> 

I'm not sure that it's a problem; there is only one OS and the user can
obtain the grub menu by holding the shift key. This is no different than
a Windows system where the user would need to press F8 to get to the
utilities menu.

If you have two OS's (Win dual-boot or two Ubuntu's) then the user will
get the grub menu to select between the two. Perhaps this is what you
are looking for?

GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 on single operating system computers.

    * No menu is displayed. The system is immediately booted to the
default OS.
    * This is the default setting with only one identified operating system.
          o To display the menu under this condition, place a # symbol
at the start of the line and ensure the GRUB_TIMEOUT setting is a
positive integer.
    * If the value is set to 0, a keystatus check is performed to
determine if the SHIFT key is depressed. If GRUB 2 determines the SHIFT
key is depressed during the boot process, the menu will be displayed.
This gives the user a method of interrupting an automatic boot which
would normally not display the menu.