Re: MISSING grub2 menu after a kernel update (Samuel Sieb)
Robert McBroom via test <[email protected]> Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:47:40 -0400
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============2926499252823899301== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------mifxmVN79fBzCXILqq5EWOoT" Content-Language: en-US This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------mifxmVN79fBzCXILqq5EWOoT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 6/7/26 10:37 PM, George R Goffe via test wrote: > Sam, > > Thanks for responding to my request. It IS APPRECIATED. > > Rawhide? Yes. I typically use the "latest" Rawhide in an effort to further the cause. > > It has been my experience with GRUB2 that there's always a GRUB menu displayed including Fedora systems up to "recent (45)" systems. This non display of the menu seems to have started in FC 45. > > Do you have any ideas about this? > > Regards, > > George... > > Here's my /etc/default/grub contents: > > > GRUB_TIMEOUT=11 > > GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="$(sed 's, release .*$,,g' /etc/system-release)" > > GRUB_DEFAULT=1 > > GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU="true" > > GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="gfxterm" > GRUB_FONT=/boot/efi/EFI/fedora/fonts/ter-d28b.psf.gz > > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="resume=UUID=2552190d-d8d6-4f65-bf48-660e4e1936d1 net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0 audit=0 selinux=0 kvm.enable_virt_at_load=0 vga=791 vconsole.font=ter-d28b i8042.nopnp" > > GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true" > > GRUB_ENABLE_BLSCFG="true" > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 17:29:03 -0700 > From: Samuel Sieb<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: MISSING grub2 menu after a kernel update > To:[email protected] > Message-ID:<[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > This is the test list. Are you using rawhide? > > On 6/2/26 4:54 PM, George R Goffe via test wrote: >> This first boot after an update does NOT display a grub2 menu. The system "thinks" for a while (about 15 seconds; approximately GRUB_TIMEOUT=15. I have changed the grub2 files that influence the fonts chosen some time ago which mostly has been working for almost a year. NONE of these changes are apparent during this first boot and the fonts are ALL REALLY SMALL. I don't know which grub2 entry is being booted because the fonts are too small to readl. Eventually, the system tries to start(?) something which NEVER succeeds. > The default is to not display a menu. You should be able to activate > the menu by pressing a key. I like to use something like shift because > it doesn't affect the menu. Then you'll be able to see which entry it's > trying to boot. > >> My response is to hold down the power button til the system powers off. >> >> Now, I hit the power button and the boot proceeds as usual... with most of the font selection stuff in grub2 process. >> >> The system finally comes up and all appears to be ok. > If the boot fails, grub will show the menu on the next boot. Which > entry is selected by default? Is that the one you choose? The current menu policy is a real pain!!! The keys purported to get the menu to display the menu do not work. On occasion the command to the grub environment will be effective --- grub2-editenv - unset menu_auto_hide documentation is a swamp --------------mifxmVN79fBzCXILqq5EWOoT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body> <p><br> </p> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/7/26 10:37 PM, George R Goffe via test wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:[email protected]"> <pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">Sam, Thanks for responding to my request. It IS APPRECIATED. Rawhide? Yes. I typically use the "latest" Rawhide in an effort to further the cause. It has been my experience with GRUB2 that there's always a GRUB menu displayed including Fedora systems up to "recent (45)" systems. This non display of the menu seems to have started in FC 45. Do you have any ideas about this? Regards, George... Here's my /etc/default/grub contents: GRUB_TIMEOUT=11 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="$(sed 's, release .*$,,g' /etc/system-release)" GRUB_DEFAULT=1 GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU="true" GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="gfxterm" GRUB_FONT=/boot/efi/EFI/fedora/fonts/ter-d28b.psf.gz GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="resume=UUID=2552190d-d8d6-4f65-bf48-660e4e1936d1 net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0 audit=0 selinux=0 kvm.enable_virt_at_load=0 vga=791 vconsole.font=ter-d28b i8042.nopnp" GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true" GRUB_ENABLE_BLSCFG="true" ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 17:29:03 -0700 From: Samuel Sieb <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:[email protected]"><[email protected]></a> Subject: Re: MISSING grub2 menu after a kernel update To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> Message-ID: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:[email protected]"><[email protected]></a> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed This is the test list. Are you using rawhide? On 6/2/26 4:54 PM, George R Goffe via test wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">This first boot after an update does NOT display a grub2 menu. The system "thinks" for a while (about 15 seconds; approximately GRUB_TIMEOUT=15. I have changed the grub2 files that influence the fonts chosen some time ago which mostly has been working for almost a year. NONE of these changes are apparent during this first boot and the fonts are ALL REALLY SMALL. I don't know which grub2 entry is being booted because the fonts are too small to readl. Eventually, the system tries to start(?) something which NEVER succeeds. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre"> The default is to not display a menu. You should be able to activate the menu by pressing a key. I like to use something like shift because it doesn't affect the menu. Then you'll be able to see which entry it's trying to boot. </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">My response is to hold down the power button til the system powers off. Now, I hit the power button and the boot proceeds as usual... with most of the font selection stuff in grub2 process. The system finally comes up and all appears to be ok. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre"> If the boot fails, grub will show the menu on the next boot. Which entry is selected by default? Is that the one you choose? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The current menu policy is a real pain!!! The keys purported to get the menu to display the menu do not work. On occasion the command to the grub environment will be effective --- grub2-editenv - unset menu_auto_hide documentation is a swamp</pre> <br> </body> </html> --------------mifxmVN79fBzCXILqq5EWOoT-- --===============2926499252823899301== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline LS0gCl9fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fCnRlc3Qg bWFpbGluZyBsaXN0IC0tIHRlc3RAbGlzdHMuZmVkb3JhcHJvamVjdC5vcmcKVG8gdW5zdWJzY3Jp YmUgc2VuZCBhbiBlbWFpbCB0byB0ZXN0LWxlYXZlQGxpc3RzLmZlZG9yYXByb2plY3Qub3JnCkZl ZG9yYSBDb2RlIG9mIENvbmR1Y3Q6IGh0dHBzOi8vZG9jcy5mZWRvcmFwcm9qZWN0Lm9yZy9lbi1V Uy9wcm9qZWN0L2NvZGUtb2YtY29uZHVjdC8KTGlzdCBHdWlkZWxpbmVzOiBodHRwczovL2ZlZG9y YXByb2plY3Qub3JnL3dpa2kvTWFpbGluZ19saXN0X2d1aWRlbGluZXMKTGlzdCBBcmNoaXZlczog aHR0cHM6Ly9saXN0cy5mZWRvcmFwcm9qZWN0Lm9yZy9hcmNoaXZlcy9saXN0L3Rlc3RAbGlzdHMu ZmVkb3JhcHJvamVjdC5vcmcKRG8gbm90IHJlcGx5IHRvIHNwYW0sIHJlcG9ydCBpdDogaHR0cHM6 Ly9mb3JnZS5mZWRvcmFwcm9qZWN0Lm9yZy9pbmZyYS90aWNrZXRzL2lzc3Vlcy9uZXcK --===============2926499252823899301==--