[Bug 389930] Re: grub menu does not display after cold boot
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+bug/374823 seems to be a duplicate of this bug. ** Summary changed: - grub menu skipped after shutdown + grub menu does not display after cold boot -- grub menu does not display after cold boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 389930] Re: grub menu does not display after cold boot
A fix/workaround is to upgrade to grub 2. I have just tested this and it works. This is not exactly user friendly at present as I had to edit menu.lst by hand after running the command suggested in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Grub2Testing . Not only was there the root/uuid problem but the script fails to find a suitable command line at some point and creates lines with nonsense characters in them in menu.lst. -- grub menu does not display after cold boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 389930] Re: grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops
This problem has gone away since Ubuntu Karmic. -- grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 389930] Re: grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops
Hi, in my desktop since I've installed karmic (and grub 2) the grub menu never show up during boot. It's automatically boot ubuntu. Luckily ubuntu is my only operating system so it's not a big deal. Today I've updated to Lucid and the grub2 menu still doesn't display, lucid boot automatically but after the new splash screen my monitor turn black and goes to power saving. The pc seem frozen and even the MagicSysrq does'nt work. I need to get the grub menu to boot ubuntu without the splashscreen option to see why my system hangs. -- grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 389930] Re: grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops
I have just upgraded my home constructed desktop to Kubuntu Lucid and appear to have exactly the same problem; no grub2 menu. After around 10-15 seconds, the KDE splash screen appears and login proceeds as normal. My hardware includes an HP w1907s LCD Display running at up to 1400x900 res, driven by a an nVidia graphics card and the devices given in the details below. Everything was fine before the upgrade. uname -a Linux BEIGE 2.6.32-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 28 13:28:05 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge 00:02.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Graphics Port 0) 00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [IDE mode] 00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller 00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller 00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a) 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge 00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2 Controller 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 9500 GT] (rev a1) 02:04.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) -- grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 389930] Re: grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops
I think I remember reading that, by default, the Grub 2 menu does not display in Ubuntu Jaunty unless you reconfigure it to display. It just defaults to Ubuntu. This might only be the case when you have only one OS installed. Can't remember. In any case, it's failure to appear may be related to some of those settings. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2 -- grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 389930] Re: grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops
As of Ubuntu 9.10, it's intended behavior that the grub menu is not shown when Ubuntu is the only OS installed. When other OSes have been detected, the menu is displayed. ** Package changed: grub (Ubuntu) => grub2 (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 389930] Re: grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops
Problem occurs under Jaunty with GRUB 1 on a Tecra M7. All characteristics confirmed. When restarting, GRUB appears. When cold- booting from full shutdown, GRUB menu is not displayed, though O/S selection can be performed successfully using the arrow keys even though the POST splash screen is stuck on the screen. I am also able to make the GRUB menu appear by cold-booting to the frozen POST screen, then giving the machine a hard power-off from the switch and booting again. There is one further detail I would like to add about this bug that may help people more familiar with GRUB's coding. When the glitch occurs and there is no boot menu, another thing always happens. When an O/S is selected to boot (either manually or by timeout) there is a split second where the screen fills with garbage characters (mine look a bit like a Greek sigma with an acute accent) and there is visible an error message in the upper-left corner. It doesn't give a code or stage number, but just says something generic like "GRUB Loading... ERROR" I think. It's only there for a split second. I think this is important though, because it seems to imply something about the way the computer is executing GRUB is causing an error in GRUB (as opposed to GRUB causing errors in the BIOS). In response to aharown07's comments, I am going to try enabling GRUB 1's background image feature to see if this causes GRUB to appear on-screen. -- grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 389930] Re: grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops
Thanks for your detective work, finding the dup and the work around. I'm not closing this bug and marking as confirmed to point others towards testing if grub2 fixes their problem: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Grub2Testing ** Summary changed: - grub menu does not display after cold boot + grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops ** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 389930] Re: grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops
Sorry for confusion: I'm not closing this bug BUT instead am marking as confirmed to encourage others to test if grub2 fixes their bug. -- grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 389930] Re: grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops
I can report this problem is also occurring on my Toshiba Satellite Pro S300 s2504. "Restart" pauses at Grub menu, but cold start... just a brief flash of sort of white screen and some garbage characters... then Ubuntu loads. I haven't yet tried upgrading to grub2, but will look into it. -- grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 389930] Re: grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops
This might be a clue: when I first installed Ubuntu (Jaunty) on my PC, it had been Windows machine and I did not alter the partition table. I'm 99% sure that cold restarts at that time present Grub normally. Later, I decided to do a clean install w/ a different partition scheme so I re-created the partition table during install. Then the "no Grub on cold restart" problem began occurring. Plan to test Grub2, but I think I better image my HD first. I don't think I have the skills to get the OS to load if Grub2 install breaks things. -- grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 389930] Re: grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops
Installed Grub2. Skipped the chain-loading thing... and apparently avoided any bugs in the install process (if there are any of those left). That went without a hitch, but it does not fix the problem on my machine. What happens now... 1) Cold restart... after the initial Toshiba screen, Toshiba's bios-based boot options disappear... some subtle screen anomalies appear (in the word "Toshiba") as it sits for about ten seconds. (I believe this is because I changed the wait-to-boot-default value to 10sec... I should probably note that menuhide is also disabled in my menu.lst file) 2) Default Ubuntu loads I believe Grub2 is loading but is not appearing on the screen, so that's a video issue of some kind there. Interestingly, I can also reproduce this: 1) Cold restart... sits for 10 seconds 2) During the 10 seconds power off 3) Power back on, Grub2 loads -- grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 389930] Re: grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops
I have had the same problem with a Toshiba Portege A-600 128 laptop of a friend whom I installed Ubuntu (trying to convert her from Windows). On cold boot the grub menu did not appear. I am writing just to let you know that on another discussion in Ubuntuforums, held in 2007, somebody has found a way of solving this problem by changing a setting in the BIOS. The discussion is here: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-405515.html Changing ''Diagnostic mode'' from ''Disabled'' to ''Enabled'' in the BIOS solved the problem on my friend laptop. I hope that this helps. -- grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 389930] Re: grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops
Diagnostic mode might "work" but results in waiting through lots of diagnostics on every cold start... so not crazy about that option. FWIW, I've gone to Linux Mint for a while and I do not have this problem with Mint. I believe the reason has something to do w/the fact that Mint loads a background image behind the grub menu options. But what it has to do w/that I can't imagine. Maybe just slows something down enough to change results. But the prob. is graphics related because the Grub menu is actually there, just not visible. (Try configuring it to wait a good while before going to the default option and you'll see what I mean... it sits exactly as long as it should... with an invisible menu "displayed") -- grub menu does not display after cold boot on Toshiba laptops https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
