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Re: hidden timeout, only Esc key works
From: |
Andrey Borzenkov |
Subject: |
Re: hidden timeout, only Esc key works |
Date: |
Fri, 4 Jan 2013 11:59:50 +0400 |
В Fri, 4 Jan 2013 00:08:26 -0700
Chris Murphy <address@hidden> пишет:
> VirtualBox 4.1.22
> grub2-2.00-15.fc18.x86_64
>
>
> /etc/default/grub contains:
> GRUB_TIMEOUT=0
> GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=1
> GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
>
> So I get a Welcome to Grub and then an immediate boot. Shift, space, letters,
> nothing is honored to interrupt this and get me to the GRUB menu, except for
> the Esc key. Is this expected?
Yes, it is expected. Patch below clarifies documentation.
---
From: Andrey Borzenkov <address@hidden>
Subject: [PATCH] clarify that GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT is interrupted by ESC
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT calls sleep command which is interrupted by
ESC only. Adjust documentation to make it clear.
Signed-off-by: Andrey Borzenkov <address@hidden>
---
ChangeLog | 5 +++++
docs/grub.texi | 7 ++++---
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a28a1f7..386f4b3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-01-04 Andrey Borzenkov <address@hidden>
+
+ * docs/grub.texi (Simple configuration): Clarify GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT
+ is interrupted by ESC.
+
2013-01-03 Vladimir Serbinenko <address@hidden>
* util/grub.d/10_kfreebsd.in: Correct the patch to zpool.cache as it's
diff --git a/docs/grub.texi b/docs/grub.texi
index e23cecc..958a123 100644
--- a/docs/grub.texi
+++ b/docs/grub.texi
@@ -1201,11 +1201,12 @@ immediately without displaying the menu, or to
@samp{-1} to wait
indefinitely.
@item GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT
-Wait this many seconds for a key to be pressed before displaying the menu.
-If no key is pressed during that time, display the menu for the number of
+Wait this many seconds for @key{ESC} to be pressed before displaying the menu.
+If no @key{ESC} is pressed during that time, display the menu for the number of
seconds specified in GRUB_TIMEOUT before booting the default entry. We expect
that most people who use GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT will want to have GRUB_TIMEOUT
set
-to @samp{0} so that the menu is not displayed at all unless a key is pressed.
+to @samp{0} so that the menu is not displayed at all unless @key{ESC} is
+pressed.
Unset by default.
@item GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET
--
tg: (515952a..) u/hidden-timeout-key (depends on: master)
- Re: hidden timeout, only Esc key works,
Andrey Borzenkov <=