Editing Grub Boot Timeout

[Cerin]

How do you edit the timeout value in Grub? I've found howtos that describe editing /etc/grub.conf or /boot/grub/menu.lst, but neither of these files exist in Ubuntu 9.10. I've tried creating them, with the value "timeout=3", but Grub still uses a different timeout.

[sisco311]

Try startupmanager: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/StartUpManager

Click here (apt://startupmanager) to install it.
To open it go to: System > Administration > StartUp-Manager.

[buntuLo]

How do you edit the timeout value in Grub? I've found howtos that describe editing /etc/grub.conf or /boot/grub/menu.lst, but neither of these files exist in Ubuntu 9.10.
i just changed it, the file appears to be:
/boot/grub/grub.cfg
in my karmic installation. hope this helps.

[sisco311]

i just changed it, the file appears to be:
/boot/grub/grub.cfg
in my karmic installation. hope this helps.

The grub.cfg file is not meant to be edited.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2


Grub 2 - 5 Common Tasks

The Grub 2 Guide

[Cerin]

Try startupmanager: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/StartUpManager

Click here (apt://startupmanager) to install it.
To open it go to: System > Administration > StartUp-Manager.

Thanks! That works perfectly!

[buntuLo]

thanks for pointing this out to me. i just changed it there and it worked, but i see the point of having custom configurations saved on a different file, nto changed in case of updates.

[aeosynth]

The file at /boot/grub/grub.cfg says that it's automatically generated using settings from /etc/default/grub. The "correct" way to change the timeout would probably be to edit this second file, then run 'sudo update grub'. That's what I did, and it works for me.

See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Configuring%20GRUB%202 for details on the config options.