ubuntu 11.04 and win 7 dual - how to change startup timer ?

[rishi_singh]

When i start my laptop, i have to choose which OS to boot. The timer allows only 10-15 seconds. How do i increase the time ? Better, how do i switch off that timer ?

[haqking]

When i start my laptop, i have to choose which OS to boot. The timer allows only 10-15 seconds. How do i increase the time ? Better, how do i switch off that timer ?

You need to edit your grub


gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub or whatever editor you prefer


and change the following line:


GRUB_TIMEOUT=x to whatever time you want x to be in seconds


sudo update-grub

see here for more info https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2

[rishi_singh]

Thanks ! :) Dont know what those commands mean, but they work. It was the only thing i managed to do so far. My other problems with linux still persist.

[haqking]

Thanks ! :) Dont know what those commands mean, but they work. It was the only thing i managed to do so far. My other problems with linux still persist.

well surely by carrying them out you know what they mean now.
You opened a file
you made some changes to it
your changes were reflected by achieving your goal

As for other problems, without problems we would never learn ;-)

Glad i could help

cheers