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 > <snip sig stuff> HTH -- Bill