[Bug 1863434] Re: 20.04 grub menu not visible

[Giuseppe D'Angelo]

I have just upgraded from 18.04 to 20.04.2. 18.04 did not have this
problem and simply showed G

I'm affected by this bug as well. I have a Lenovo W550s; after the BIOS
checks (which just show the Lenovo logo), GRUB does not appear (but the
Lenovo logo is still visible). However, GRUB is there, waiting 10
seconds for my decision.

If don't do anything, after 10 seconds, Ubuntu starts;
I can boot immediately into Ubuntu by pressing enter;
I can boot into Windows by pressing down 2 times and pressing enter.


If I enter the BIOS setup and then quit discarding the settings, then GRUB appears as normal.

Might it be that it's simply not configuring/clearing the screen
properly?

Anyways: I'd consider this VERY CLOSE to "makes the system unbootable",
so please do something about it.

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Title:
  20.04 grub menu not visible

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  T430
  Ubuntu MATE 20.04

  New installation.

  After initial boot there is a blank black screen where grub should be visible.
  Grub is functional but not visible.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: grub-common 2.04-1ubuntu18
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-14.17-generic 5.4.18
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-14-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu16
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: MATE
  Date: Sat Feb 15 09:19:13 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-14 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Alpha amd64 (20200214)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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