[Bug 2002766] Re: On Apple laptops, no key will make a hidden GRUB screen visible

[reddog1]

My apple keyboards won't bring up the hidden grub screen--shift keys and 
ESC don't work. This is strictly an apple hardware quirk. PC keyboards 
have the same dysfunction when plugged into apple computers, so it isn't 
just the apple keyboard, it is the way apple has implemented the 
keyboard function. Ubuntu-derived distros are the only ones that I've 
encountered that hide grub by default, when linux is the sole OS 
installed. Not a problem until something goes wrong.....on apple hardware.

On 9/20/24 07:22, Michel-Ekimia wrote:
> Even spamming Right SHift Key ?
>

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Title:
  On Apple laptops, no key will make a hidden GRUB screen visible

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When Grub is installed on an Apple laptop, and the install is in single-boot mode, with the screen hidden by default, no key on the Apple keyboard will make the hidden grub screen visible. If Ubuntu blackscreens at first boot after install, there is no way to bring up the grub menu and edit the boot parameters to "nomodeset" in order to get to a visible desktop. 
  This is an Apple-specific problem and is not present on a PC.

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