Re: hidden timeout, only Esc key works

[Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@gmail.com>]

В Fri, 4 Jan 2013 00:08:26 -0700
Chris Murphy <lists@colorremedies.com> 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 <arvidjaar@gmail.com>
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 <arvidjaar@gmail.com>

---
 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 <arvidjaar@gmail.com>
+
+	* docs/grub.texi (Simple configuration): Clarify GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT
+	is interrupted by ESC.
+
 2013-01-03  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* 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)