[bug #40853] GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE breaks hidden menu with multi-OS

[Warren]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?40853>

                 Summary: GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE breaks hidden menu with multi-OS
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: wseverin
            Submitted on: Mon 09 Dec 2013 06:53:28 PM GMT
                Category: Configuration
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Warren
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 
                 Release: other
         Reproducibility: Every Time
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

Ubuntu 12.04
Kernel 3.2.0-58-generic
Memory 8GB
Processor Core i3 M370 @ 2.4 GHz
64-bit OS
disk1 720GB
disk2 500GB

The latest updates to GRUB that implement the GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE setting seem
to break the ability to bypass the GRUB menu.

I have a laptop with a 2nd hard disk replacing the (seldom used) CD drive.
Linux (Ubuntu) is installed on the primary hard drive. Windows 7 is installed
on the secondary drive. I almost always boot to Linux and so I bypass the OS
selection menu in GRUB so as to have fastest boot possible to Linux. In the
rare instances when I boot to Windows I hold down the esc key.

This ability seems to be broken as of the latest GRUB updates that implement
the GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE option in /etc/default/grub. There's no way to bypass
the GRUB OS selection menu. I've tried many variations of that option with and
without GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT and GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET. No joy.

Is this a bug in the latest GRUB or a feature, or am I missing something in
the setup?

Thanks!





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