[Bug 2103433] [NEW] grub menu does not display during boot

[lopgok]

Public bug reported:

I have a supermicro X10SLM+-LN4F motherboard.
It is running with legacy bios mode, not UEFI.
I have a sata ssd boot disk which is formatted with fdisk mode, not gpt.
I have windows 11 installed on the disk as well as kubuntu 24.10.
When I boot there are the usual bios messages, but there is no grub menu displayed.
Eventually kubuntu starts up and works successfully.
i did edit the timeout which was set to 0 to be 10, but still no grub menu.
I consider it a significant bug that dual boot systems have a timeout set to 0, rendering the other
operating system inaccessible.
I consider it a bigger bug that there is no grub menu.
Previously, I was running windows 11 and mageia 9 (linux). That displayed a graphucal grub menu correctly.

I have several similar computers. One has a supermicro X10SLM-F motherboard.
That dual boots windows 11 and kubuntu 24.10.
On that system, the grub menu displays successfully. and I can select which operating system I want to
boot.

On the problem system with the X10SLM+-LN4F, I reinstalled kubntu 24.10 several times and I tried
grub-customizer, which did was unable to get any grub menu to display during boot.

I am not running uefi bios because windows 11 won't install with the really old uefi on this mb.
I am not running gpt partitions because windows 11 won't install with gpt disk partitions and the legacy bios.
I switched to kubuntu because I needed a newer kernel to support a 5gigabit realtek nic that I need for quick networking.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.10
Package: grub2 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.11.0-19.19-generic 6.11.11
Uname: Linux 6.11.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.30.0-0ubuntu4.2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Mon Mar 17 08:25:36 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-03-16 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 24.10 "Oracular Oriole" - Release amd64 (20241007.6)
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oracular wayland-session

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Title:
  grub menu does not display during boot

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have a supermicro X10SLM+-LN4F motherboard.
  It is running with legacy bios mode, not UEFI.
  I have a sata ssd boot disk which is formatted with fdisk mode, not gpt.
  I have windows 11 installed on the disk as well as kubuntu 24.10.
  When I boot there are the usual bios messages, but there is no grub menu displayed.
  Eventually kubuntu starts up and works successfully.
  i did edit the timeout which was set to 0 to be 10, but still no grub menu.
  I consider it a significant bug that dual boot systems have a timeout set to 0, rendering the other
  operating system inaccessible.
  I consider it a bigger bug that there is no grub menu.
  Previously, I was running windows 11 and mageia 9 (linux). That displayed a graphucal grub menu correctly.

  I have several similar computers. One has a supermicro X10SLM-F motherboard.
  That dual boots windows 11 and kubuntu 24.10.
  On that system, the grub menu displays successfully. and I can select which operating system I want to
  boot.

  On the problem system with the X10SLM+-LN4F, I reinstalled kubntu 24.10 several times and I tried
  grub-customizer, which did was unable to get any grub menu to display during boot.

  I am not running uefi bios because windows 11 won't install with the really old uefi on this mb.
  I am not running gpt partitions because windows 11 won't install with gpt disk partitions and the legacy bios.
  I switched to kubuntu because I needed a newer kernel to support a 5gigabit realtek nic that I need for quick networking.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.10
  Package: grub2 (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.11.0-19.19-generic 6.11.11
  Uname: Linux 6.11.0-19-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.30.0-0ubuntu4.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Mon Mar 17 08:25:36 2025
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-03-16 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 24.10 "Oracular Oriole" - Release amd64 (20241007.6)
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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