2016-08-17, 01:22
I am a total Linux noob, so it is probably something simple that I'm missing but I have exhausted all search options and nothing has worked. And possibly I am posting this in the wrong place, so my apologies if that is the case.
The issue I am having is with the Ubuntu shell and not with Kodi itself. I am unable to get the grub at startup to disappear. It has been there since installation and is persistent after two clean installs. The grub being there is an issue as the machine running Kodi is controlled via touchscreen and remote, so no option to select anything in the grub, and the grub never times out.
I did a clean install of Kodibuntu and updated it as outlined by the wiki (sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade). So the machine is now running Ubuntu 14.04 up to date as of 2016-08-17.
When I boot I see the following options without a timeout counter or anything:
The content of "grub":
The content of "grub.cfg":
I followed several 'solutions' I found online, but nothing seems to work. I changed the grub file, moved several files (with number 30) from /etc/grub.d and ran "sudo update-grub" and saw "grub.cfg" update to what you see above. I would expect there to be no options like memtest in the grub anymore, but yet they are still appearing.
Also, setting "GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=false" and "GRUB_TIMEOUT=1" has no effect.
Does anybody know how I could get the grub to timeout (or better yet, not to show up at all)?
The issue I am having is with the Ubuntu shell and not with Kodi itself. I am unable to get the grub at startup to disappear. It has been there since installation and is persistent after two clean installs. The grub being there is an issue as the machine running Kodi is controlled via touchscreen and remote, so no option to select anything in the grub, and the grub never times out.
I did a clean install of Kodibuntu and updated it as outlined by the wiki (sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade). So the machine is now running Ubuntu 14.04 up to date as of 2016-08-17.
When I boot I see the following options without a timeout counter or anything:
Code:
[ ] Ubuntu
[ ] Advanced options for Ubuntu with
[ ] Memory test (memtest86x)
[ ] Memory test (memtest86x. serial console 11520)
The content of "grub":
Code:
# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
# info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'
GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=countdown
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"
# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console
# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480
# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true
# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"
# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
GRUB_RECORDFAIL_TIMEOUT=1
The content of "grub.cfg":
Code:
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
set have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
set default="${next_entry}"
set next_entry=
save_env next_entry
set boot_once=true
else
set default="0"
fi
if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi
export menuentry_id_option
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
}
function recordfail {
set recordfail=1
if [ -n "${have_grubenv}" ]; then if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
function load_video {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
}
if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
font=unicode
else
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos5'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos5 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos5 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos5 801c66b8-e7e0-4b85-b050-aa5b1104ee11
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 801c66b8-e7e0-4b85-b050-aa5b1104ee11
fi
font="/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi
if loadfont $font ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
set lang=en_US
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then
set timeout=1
else
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=countdown
set timeout=1
# Fallback hidden-timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
elif sleep --interruptible 1 ; then
set timeout=0
fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
function gfxmode {
set gfxpayload="${1}"
if [ "${1}" = "keep" ]; then
set vt_handoff=vt.handoff=7
else
set vt_handoff=
fi
}
set linux_gfx_mode=keep
export linux_gfx_mode
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
I followed several 'solutions' I found online, but nothing seems to work. I changed the grub file, moved several files (with number 30) from /etc/grub.d and ran "sudo update-grub" and saw "grub.cfg" update to what you see above. I would expect there to be no options like memtest in the grub anymore, but yet they are still appearing.
Also, setting "GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=false" and "GRUB_TIMEOUT=1" has no effect.
Does anybody know how I could get the grub to timeout (or better yet, not to show up at all)?