GRUB2 Hidden Menu pressing key does not show menu

[mikey]

Using the settings as described in the Grub 2 Manual (http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#Simple-configuration) which says:

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‘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 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 ‘0’ so that the menu is not displayed at all unless a key is pressed. Unset by default.
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Using:

GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_TIMEOUT=0

pressing a key (either shift or escape) during boot does not bring up the menu as expected. In fact the only way to see the menu is to set GRUB_TIMEOUT to greater than 1, which means that the menu is NOT hidden.

SYSTEM SETUP:

This is on a dual boot system with Lubuntu and Windows 7.

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise

Linux hoover 3.2.0-26-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 14 16:26:01 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Package: grub2-common
Status: install ok installed
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 139
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Architecture: i386
Source: grub2
Version: 1.99-21ubuntu3.1
Replaces: grub, grub-common (<< 1.99-1), grub-coreboot (<< 1.99-1), grub-efi (<< 1.99-1), grub-efi-amd64 (<< 1.99-1), grub-efi-ia32 (<< 1.99-1), grub-ieee1275 (<< 1.99-1), grub-legacy, grub-linuxbios (<< 1.99-1), grub-pc (<< 1.99-1), grub-yeeloong (<< 1.99-1)
Depends: grub-common (= 1.99-21ubuntu3.1), dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Conflicts: grub (<< 0.97-54), grub-doc (<< 0.97-29ubuntu60), grub-legacy, grub-legacy-doc (<< 0.97-29ubuntu60)
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader (common files for version 2)
 This package contains common files shared by the distinct flavours of GRUB.
 The files in this package are specific to GRUB 2, and would break GRUB
 Legacy if installed on the same system.
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Original-Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers <email address hidden>

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Dario Panico (dariopan)]

It happens on my system, too. An ACER Aspire 5820TG

$ dpkg -s grub2-common
Package: grub2-common
Status: install ok installed
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 139
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Source: grub2
Version: 1.99-21ubuntu3.1
Replaces: grub, grub-common (<< 1.99-1), grub-coreboot (<< 1.99-1), grub-efi (<< 1.99-1), grub-efi-amd64 (<< 1.99-1), grub-efi-ia32 (<< 1.99-1), grub-ieee1275 (<< 1.99-1), grub-legacy, grub-linuxbios (<< 1.99-1), grub-pc (<< 1.99-1), grub-yeeloong (<< 1.99-1)
Depends: grub-common (= 1.99-21ubuntu3.1), dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Conflicts: grub (<< 0.97-54), grub-doc (<< 0.97-29ubuntu60), grub-legacy, grub-legacy-doc (<< 0.97-29ubuntu60)
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader (common files for version 2)
 This package contains common files shared by the distinct flavours of GRUB.
 The files in this package are specific to GRUB 2, and would break GRUB
 Legacy if installed on the same system.
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Original-Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers <email address hidden>

[Craig Carnell (craig-carnell)]

I also have the same issue, booting using UEFI on a Acer Aspire E1 430 - Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit