[Bug 2111541] [NEW] no visible grub menu on boot

[Jerry Quinn]

Public bug reported:

When I boot up, I do not see the grub menu.  The /etc/default/grub
configuration is set up to have the menu appear with 5 second timeout,
but I see nothing until the log is part way through the kernel boot.

I'm unsure if keyboard input works since I can't see anything.

I have the bios set on legacy boot.
motherboard is Supermicro x10DAi
video card is Radeon RX7600XT

jlquinn at cerberus:~$ lsb_release -rd
No LSB modules are available.
Description:	Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS
Release:	24.04

jlquinn at cerberus:~$ apt-cache policy grub2-common
grub2-common:
  Installed: 2.12-1ubuntu7.3
  Candidate: 2.12-1ubuntu7.3
  Version table:
 *** 2.12-1ubuntu7.3 500 (phased 93%)
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.12-1ubuntu7 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages

I've tried playing with several variations of /etc/default/grub trying
to get the boot menu to appear without success.  And I definitely
followed up with update-grub to propagate the changes to
/boot/grub/grub.cfg

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: grub-pc 2.12-1ubuntu7.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.11.0-26.26~24.04.1-generic 6.11.11
Uname: Linux 6.11.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu May 22 22:43:07 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-29 (1819 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190805)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2025-05-01 (22 days ago)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug noble

** Attachment added: "grub"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2111541/+attachment/5879869/+files/grub

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Title:
  no visible grub menu on boot

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When I boot up, I do not see the grub menu.  The /etc/default/grub
  configuration is set up to have the menu appear with 5 second timeout,
  but I see nothing until the log is part way through the kernel boot.

  I'm unsure if keyboard input works since I can't see anything.

  I have the bios set on legacy boot.
  motherboard is Supermicro x10DAi
  video card is Radeon RX7600XT

  jlquinn at cerberus:~$ lsb_release -rd
  No LSB modules are available.
  Description:	Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS
  Release:	24.04

  jlquinn at cerberus:~$ apt-cache policy grub2-common
  grub2-common:
    Installed: 2.12-1ubuntu7.3
    Candidate: 2.12-1ubuntu7.3
    Version table:
   *** 2.12-1ubuntu7.3 500 (phased 93%)
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       2.12-1ubuntu7 500
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages

  I've tried playing with several variations of /etc/default/grub trying
  to get the boot menu to appear without success.  And I definitely
  followed up with update-grub to propagate the changes to
  /boot/grub/grub.cfg

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
  Package: grub-pc 2.12-1ubuntu7.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.11.0-26.26~24.04.1-generic 6.11.11
  Uname: Linux 6.11.0-26-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Thu May 22 22:43:07 2025
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-29 (1819 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190805)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   TERM=xterm-256color
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2025-05-01 (22 days ago)

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