[Bug 1090838] [NEW] grub menu freeze

[SnowX]

Public bug reported:

The grub menu will freeze (hard, need to physically hit the reset switch
as ctrl+alt+del won't work) when keeping a key pressed ie down arrow or
editing the config live and moving around when HPET is enabled. If HPET
is disabled from the bios the problem no longer occurs. This is for
ubuntu 12.10. grub2 common is at version 2.00-7ubuntu.

** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

- The grub menu will freeze when keeping a key pressed ie down arrow or
+ The grub menu will freeze (hard, need to physically hit the reset switch
+ as ctrl+alt+del won't work) when keeping a key pressed ie down arrow or
  editing the config live and moving around when HPET is enabled. If HPET
  is disabled from the bios the problem no longer occurs. This is for
- ubuntu 12.10. grub2 common is at version 2.00-7ubuntu
+ ubuntu 12.10. grub2 common is at version 2.00-7ubuntu.

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Title:
  grub menu freeze

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The grub menu will freeze (hard, need to physically hit the reset
  switch as ctrl+alt+del won't work) when keeping a key pressed ie down
  arrow or editing the config live and moving around when HPET is
  enabled. If HPET is disabled from the bios the problem no longer
  occurs. This is for ubuntu 12.10. grub2 common is at version
  2.00-7ubuntu.

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