From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1Tr2CA-0003uc-CD for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 03:00:02 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:54963) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tr2C7-0003uL-AV for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 03:00:00 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tr2C3-0008KH-LA for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:59:59 -0500 Received: from mail-la0-f51.google.com ([209.85.215.51]:39258) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tr2C3-0008GV-Ch for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:59:55 -0500 Received: by mail-la0-f51.google.com with SMTP id fj20so9354291lab.38 for ; Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:59:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=nGM/FoDkI+ky1GeurPamcZUSmjjV8ceQTf5kZ9zgpyk=; b=UNlN3y3+bnsR1dsQcnZEKL/IsJRKnC2opw4TsA6RJDYawCQiX1DDPXrBuDLSgivboT 39M1qLCW+/3wIUftVvmk4ZScLXNkWl9HarG9Y5g5BR+p1oxrhYPXtHxHJU5+TPg5MQYc XaIExisCRQxkQauMG75hLtjiCAUMHOyE9LUkVEdgHFPHXzcdgtzTATFgvZh4aICeH2Og FbQV1a1G/Xc8hnEcPMrUOGcP3jCjFwEY/4yOXBqzdFOYXHqM9KuWVTY40kJUyzlcQTKZ HdFAEyMJ0MZT2vl1d4EuKegzy1zuYAmBwexR/38hXC089e4qzsZny1aq0xpyFyaNmG72 SQVQ== X-Received: by 10.112.51.233 with SMTP id n9mr21637015lbo.47.1357286393522; Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:59:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from opensuse.site (ppp91-78-198-46.pppoe.mtu-net.ru. [91.78.198.46]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id er8sm17676122lbb.9.2013.01.03.23.59.51 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:59:52 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 11:59:50 +0400 From: Andrey Borzenkov To: Chris Murphy , grub-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: hidden timeout, only Esc key works Message-ID: <20130104115950.011576f0@opensuse.site> In-Reply-To: <35ECF6FB-C8A0-4E94-9D42-9C8BF29DB4E2@colorremedies.com> References: <35ECF6FB-C8A0-4E94-9D42-9C8BF29DB4E2@colorremedies.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-suse-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.215.51 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2013 08:00:00 -0000 В Fri, 4 Jan 2013 00:08:26 -0700 Chris Murphy 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 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 --- 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 + + * docs/grub.texi (Simple configuration): Clarify GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT + is interrupted by ESC. + 2013-01-03 Vladimir Serbinenko * 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)