[bug #42835] GRUB_TIMEOUT cannot be set to zero to hide the menu

[Thomas Hirsch]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?42835>

                 Summary: GRUB_TIMEOUT cannot be set to zero to hide the menu
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: thokari
            Submitted on: Mi 23 Jul 2014 20:52:39 GMT
                Category: Configuration
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Software Error
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 
                 Release: 2.02~beta1
         Reproducibility: Every Time
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

Setting 

GRUB_TIMEOUT=0

and doing (on Ubuntu):

sudo update-grub

will have no effect, because of the lines

if [ "${timeout}" = 0 ]; then
  set timeout=10
fi

in grub.cfg

See also here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4973692/hide-grub2-boot-menu

The version used is actually 2.02~beta2-9.




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