The original bug (which I no longer have the hardware from) was on BIOS; should the EFI problem be a separate bug?
Does changing the timeout settings to always-show (see above) work on EFI? > I need the GRUB menu because I need to add 'nomodeset' There's a GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX parameter in /etc/default/grub that you can use to add that permanently, but given that updates made there only take effect after running 'sudo update-grub', if you're doing this from a liveCD you'll also need to add it directly to the command line (the first one starting with 'linux') in /boot/grub/grub.cfg. > so the [...] nouveau driver doesn't attempt to drive my modern nvidia card so I can get more than just a blank screen Your real problem might be bug 1315156: there's a workaround there, but it requires a running system. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1227365 Title: grub does not appear when holding down shift key To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1227365/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
