Ubuntu
grub package

Boot up! Don´t count down

Bug #199108 reported by mikasjoman
10
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
grub (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: linux-backports-modules-hardy-386

When starting the computer, Ubuntu counts down two seconds to let people get into Grub. The result is that everybody has to wait two seconds every time.

Instead of doing this, I propose that Ubuntu should directly start booting up and present the text:

"To get into boot menu, please press ESC at startup". Show this text for 10 seconds.

 After 100 startups, I think 99.9% of the users will get the point. Problems or start another OS, press ESC.

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mikasjoman (mikasjoman) wrote :

One year has about 350.000 seconds. So with millions of users, it takes a couple of days to fill up one whole life with bootup countdowns.

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Muhammad Takdir (muhammad-takdir) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

* when you get this bug ? fresh install or upgrade ?
* Is this reproducible?
* If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?

This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote :

This would actually constitute a regression by delaying the boot process further.

Changed in grub:
status: New → Won't Fix
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