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  1. Bug #439592
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 439592

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Felix Zielcke (fzielcke) wrote : Re: [Bug 439592] [NEW] Pressing escape does not show boot menu

Am Mittwoch, den 30.09.2009, 19:45 +0000 schrieb Benjamin Drung:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: grub2
>
> GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT is set to zero and GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET is
> enabled (default configuration). Pressing escape on startup does not the
> show boot menu. I hit the escape key multiple times in a second during
> the complete startup (from pressing the start button tlii xsplash) but
> without any success.

If you use a hidden timeout of 0 you have to press shift.
ESC can't be detected in this case.

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Felix Zielcke
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