What's the trick of getting into the Grub menu in Mint 13 Cinnamon?
It was tricky in the RC. I've installed the release from DVD and need to add some boot options to Grub. (My Nividia card + Nouveau = black screen). So far, it's impossible there.
I've rebooted 4 times, trying tapping and holding both shift and tab. No sign of the Grub menu. What's the secret?
Can't Trigger Grub Menu in Mint 13
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Re: Can't Trigger Grub Menu in Mint 13
Have you tried:
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sudo update-grub
Re: Can't Trigger Grub Menu in Mint 13
Try to press either "Esc" or "Shift" after BIOS screen.
Re: Can't Trigger Grub Menu in Mint 13
Me too. Mint 13 Mate, upgraded from RC via Mint Update. Blank screen.
I tried grub-update as well as pressing escape or shift, no dice.
I changed the Grub timeout from 0 to 5 but it still didn't appear.
I tried grub-update as well as pressing escape or shift, no dice.
I changed the Grub timeout from 0 to 5 but it still didn't appear.
Re: Can't Trigger Grub Menu in Mint 13
Please try this:
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=FALSE
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=FALSE
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=
Re: Can't Trigger Grub Menu in Mint 13
Thank for the replies. I got in by holding down a shift key as soon as the BIOS was loaded.
Running update-grub, etc., weren't options because the system wasn't responding and the screen was black, as mentioned. There is a bug in the 3.2/3.3 kernels. As soon as the boot process attempts to load the Nouveau driver (the open source Nvidia driver) machines with certain Nvidia cards (mine is a 550ti) lock up. WIth Mint 13, I had to edit the installer's Grub menu to get it to run, and , of course, do the same after the install until I could install the proprietary Nvidia drivers, which also blacklists Nouveau.
Running update-grub, etc., weren't options because the system wasn't responding and the screen was black, as mentioned. There is a bug in the 3.2/3.3 kernels. As soon as the boot process attempts to load the Nouveau driver (the open source Nvidia driver) machines with certain Nvidia cards (mine is a 550ti) lock up. WIth Mint 13, I had to edit the installer's Grub menu to get it to run, and , of course, do the same after the install until I could install the proprietary Nvidia drivers, which also blacklists Nouveau.
Re: Can't Trigger Grub Menu in Mint 13
Hi jfet,
Thanks, I tried
Solution: un-comment the line that says #gfx640x480
I found it here:
http://melpctec.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/ ... -1104.html
Thanks, I tried
But I still had an invisible grub.GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=FALSE
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=
Solution: un-comment the line that says #gfx640x480
I found it here:
http://melpctec.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/ ... -1104.html
Re: Can't Trigger Grub Menu in Mint 13
This solved my problem me thinking it was me installing it wrongly installed re-installed like 4 times losing 1.5 TB of data
Run as administrator in system file /etc/default/grub , un-comment the line that says #gfx640x480 by removing the #
and change GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=FALSE , To True.
Terminal , sudo update-grub
Run as administrator in system file /etc/default/grub , un-comment the line that says #gfx640x480 by removing the #
and change GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=FALSE , To True.
Terminal , sudo update-grub