Re: hidden timeout, only Esc key works

[Andrey Borzenkov]

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)