Bypassing the boot menu Ubuntu 10.4

[joelw135]

When ever I boot Ubuntu 10.4 the boot menu appears, this is the same menu that appears on normal boot when "Esc" is pressed. It then boots to Ubuntu if I press "Enter" or wait 24 seconds. How can I bypass the boot menu and do a normal boot? Thanks.

[MikeTbob]

Hello and Welcome.
Are you saying you do not want to wait 24 seconds or are you saying something different? What is a normal boot for you?

[joelw135]

Hello and Welcome.
Are you saying you do not want to wait 24 seconds or are you saying something different? What is a normal boot for you?

Before I upgraded to 10.4 the boot menu was ony there when I pressed Esc. I want it that way not the way it is now.

[MikeTbob]

Ok then.
You'll need to edit a file by hand or you can adjust this setting with a program in your menu, it's called "Startup Manager". see this link for more info.
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubu...-grub-2-a.html

[joelw135]

Ok then.
You'll need to edit a file by hand or you can adjust this setting with a program in your menu, it's called "Startup Manager". see this link for more info.
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I am new to this can you give me more detail on how to do this?

[MikeTbob]

These are the best instructions for doing it...from the Ubuntu website which explains it better than I could.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/StartUpManager
This will help you install Start up Manager, it's a graphical tool for configuring the boot options. It's not that hard and if you get stuck on something then just post back here with your results so far.

[joelw135]

These are the best instructions for doing it...from the Ubuntu website which explains it better than I could.

This will help you install Start up Manager, it's a graphical tool for configuring the boot options. It's not that hard and if you get stuck on something then just post back here with your results so far.

Thank you that was simple and it works great now. That 30 second delay was way to long. I will stick with 5 seconds for now. Thanks again.

[jimbmac777]

Open a terminal window (Applications|Accessories|Terminal)

In the terminal window, run the command...
sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

You will be asked for a password--enter your normal user password.

When the gedit window comes up, scroll down to a section that has
the following lines...
##hidden menu
# hides the menu by default (press ESC to see menu)
#hiddenmenu

At the beginning of the #hiddemenu line (3rd line), delete the #

Save the file.

Exit the file.

[joelw135]

Open a terminal window (Applications|Accessories|Terminal)

In the terminal window, run the command...
sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

You will be asked for a password--enter your normal user password.

When the gedit window comes up, scroll down to a section that has
the following lines...
##hidden menu
# hides the menu by default (press ESC to see menu)
#hiddenmenu

At the beginning of the #hiddemenu line (3rd line), delete the #

Save the file.

Exit the file.

In my situation for some reason hidemenu is not commented out but I still see the menu.

[jimbmac777]

In my situation for some reason hidemenu is not commented out but I still see the menu.

If it's hidemenu instead of hiddenmenu, that's probably the problem

Replace the word hidemenu with hiddenmenu and try it.