There is still no evidence of any hidden timeout settings being imported into '/boot/grub/grub.cfg' and testing confirmed no difference in behavior. drs305 if this supposedly works for you, then post the evidence of the settings from your grub.cfg file. On a side note, commenting out the timeout line simply defaults the setting to 5.
With version 1.97~beta3-1ubuntu8 I am still not seeing it fixed.
GRUB_DEFAULT=0 TIMEOUT= 3 TIMEOUT_ QUIET=false
GRUB_HIDDEN_
GRUB_HIDDEN_
GRUB_TIMEOUT="3"
There is still no evidence of any hidden timeout settings being imported into '/boot/ grub/grub. cfg' and testing confirmed no difference in behavior. drs305 if this supposedly works for you, then post the evidence of the settings from your grub.cfg file. On a side note, commenting out the timeout line simply defaults the setting to 5.