grub accepts only one key press in total

[ralphb]

When grub start, I can press exactly one key, then all other key presses are ignored. I cannot tell if grub crashes or not.

This one keypress could be RETURN, then normal boot continues. It could be ARROW DOWN, then the second line in the grub menu is selected.

But from then on, all further key presses are ignored, be they RETURN, ARROW UP/DOWN, even CTRL+ALT+DEL.

This breaks the selection of MEMTEST and other grub entries but the first.

Note that I'm using a regular USB keyboard.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-38.57-generic 4.4.19
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Sun Oct 9 15:57:32 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-24 (45 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[ralphb (dev-endlos)]

ignore the xorg, that's another bug in bug-ubuntu I'm about to report

[Jay Gates (jhgates)]

Same problem. Infuriating. Any solutions?

[Dalbir Singh (dalbirsingh)]

Same problem. It happens when I installed Ubuntu 18.04.1 over Windows 10 to make it dual boot. Everything works fine, until you press enter on the main grub but as soon as you press down key to select other option, it Grub screen freezes and you have to press force shutdown button from CPU.

Did anyone found solution for this?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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