Can't change Timeout figure in Ubuntu
#1
04 Sep 2008 @ 23:01
fanatic71
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Could anyone help me out!
I try to change the timeout figure in Ubuntu but it won't let me:
gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
my default is 10 and want to change to 0. Why does it not working!?
I try to change the timeout figure in Ubuntu but it won't let me:
gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
my default is 10 and want to change to 0. Why does it not working!?
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#3
04 Sep 2008 @ 23:43
As I'm totally new to Linux, "but want to experiment" this mean nothing for me would you be a bit more specific!?
ASUS P5KC,Intel Core 2 Duo Desktop Processor E8400,
ATi Radeon 3870 Graphics Card - 512MB,2x 1GB Corsair TWIN3X2048-1333C9DHX DDR3
WDC WD1500AHFD-00RAR5 (150GB,SATA)
Maxtor Diamondmax 22 500GB Hard Drive,Sony 20x SATA DVD Multi Writer
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro P4 upto 4.4GHz (socket 775),Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev. 2 VGA Cooler
ATi Radeon 3870 Graphics Card - 512MB,2x 1GB Corsair TWIN3X2048-1333C9DHX DDR3
WDC WD1500AHFD-00RAR5 (150GB,SATA)
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#4
05 Sep 2008 @ 16:40
OzMick
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Perhaps 0 isn't valid? Not to mention probably a bad idea, you should give yourself at least a 1 second window to break in, in the event that updating your kernel breaks etc... Put hiddenmenu in there and you'll hardly even know it is there when going through the boot sequence.
#5
06 Sep 2008 @ 0:20
Well, yes I wrote 0, but I tried every number under 10 and they didn't work eider!
ASUS P5KC,Intel Core 2 Duo Desktop Processor E8400,
ATi Radeon 3870 Graphics Card - 512MB,2x 1GB Corsair TWIN3X2048-1333C9DHX DDR3
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Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro P4 upto 4.4GHz (socket 775),Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev. 2 VGA Cooler
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#6
06 Sep 2008 @ 1:28
OzMick
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timeout 3
hiddenmenu
default 0
That is what I have up the top of my menu.lst. Are you changing the timeout line or the default line? From the wording in your original post it sounds like you're doing things wrong. Default just controls which menu item number is booted after the timeout value.
hiddenmenu
default 0
That is what I have up the top of my menu.lst. Are you changing the timeout line or the default line? From the wording in your original post it sounds like you're doing things wrong. Default just controls which menu item number is booted after the timeout value.
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