non-zero GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT not honored

[Benjamin Kay]

Binary package hint: grub-pc

I am using grub-pc version 0.97-29ubuntu60. My expectation is that the following /etc/default/grub would display a ten-second countdown during boot-up. Instead, nothing is being displayed and the system boots immediately.

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=false
GRUB_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

It would seem that, at the very least, grub is not honoring non-zero values of GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: grub-pc 1.98-1ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri May 28 16:04:01 2010
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub2

[Lapse of Reason (lapseofreason0)]

This seems to be the same as bug #647250. I have attached a fix to that bug that works on Lucid, but unfortunately not on Maverick any more.