On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 15:44 -0600, Mark Snyder wrote:
I recently installed CentOS 5.1 on a DL71 ASI notebook.
After my yum update the timeout parameter in /boot/grub/grub.conf file has no effect. It sits at the grub screen forever unless I press the enter key to select a kernel, at which point it will boot.
Any help or suggestions to fix this would be much appreciated
CentOS release 5.2 (Final) Kernel 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 on an i686
# grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,0) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3 # initrd /initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/hda default=0 timeout=10 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
Your conf looks like mine, mostly, except for the "splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz". I did a quick "info grub" and paged through (_very_ quickly - you might want to double check) and there was no entry for splashimage that I spotted. Maybe that's an old parameter? Or?? Maybe someone more knowledgeable will know. Try removing that and see if it makes a difference.
hiddenmenu title CentOS (2.6.18-92.1.18.el5) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet initrd /initrd-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.img title CentOS (2.6.18-53.el5) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-53.el5 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet initrd /initrd-2.6.18-53.el5.img ~ ~ "grub.conf" 21L, 725C
Another possibility is a bug, I guess. Try upgrading to 5.2 (yum update after ensuring your repos are good).
Mark Snyder
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