Server :: RHEL 4 Grub Timeout Not Working?
Mar 29, 2010
I have an RHEL 4 server now running 2.6.9-89.0.18. After installing the kernel and rebooting to make this the current kernel, the grub menu to choose the kernel failed to offer a countdown and did not choose the kernel as it should have. I had to manually select the kernel.I inspected the grub.conf file and could not find any clue as to why it didn't work. The timeout directive is there, and the syntax matches other systems we have with the same kernel and OS.Can anyone provide any insight as to what else (other than a typo on the conf file) would cause this?The only difference between the way the kernel update (and the subsequent changes to the grub conf file) took place was a manual install of the RPM on the affected system, versus pulling it down from RHN using up2date.
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Nov 8, 2010
I am running Ubuntu 10.10. Grub timeout is not working and I have to press enter every time I switch on the computer after the Grub menu loads. Here is my /boot/grub/grub.cfg file
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# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub[code]......
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Apr 19, 2009
here is my grub.con
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
[code]...
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Oct 28, 2010
Just installed kubuntu 10.4 on a netbook (dual booting with WinXP) but by default grub just boots directly into kubuntu. When editing /etc/default/grub I have tried setting the timeout to 10, 100 and now its at -1 (which should be sit there forever)I then run update-grub which generates the new config reboot and the same thing happens, it immediately boots to kubuntu. I see the menu appear for a split second, but no matter how fast i try, i cannot see to hit any button fast enough to kill the timeout so i can switch to XP.
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Oct 17, 2010
Yesterday I upgraded from 10.04 to 10.10 (x86_64). The upgrade itself succeeded, but now after booting I have to press enter in the grub OS list. grub.cfg looks like this:
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# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
[code]...
Why do I have to press enter to have grub boot the default entry? How can I get grub to start the default entry automatically, without showing the menu? BTW: entries in the list are default:
Code:
Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-22-generic
Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-22-generic (recovery mode)
Memory test (memtest86+)
Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)
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Nov 15, 2010
I have successfully setup FreeNX on Suse 10.2, Suse 11 (32 and 64 bit), and am now attempting on RHEL 5.4 (32 and 64 bit). For both distributions, the client fails to times out at exactly the same point - downloading the session information. Here are the steps I took to install/configure.
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Jan 4, 2010
I've installed the latest no machine rpms from nomachine. Status shows that nx server is running:
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However, connecting from a windows client, I get the following:
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So I get past authentication, but it then times out during session download. And here's the output from /var/log/messages on the server:
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The only strange thing I've noticed (other than the error messages) is that the log messages for NXServer/NXnode have a date of Jan 5, yet the correct system time should be Jan 4 as seen in the first message.
Note this is happening on both my RHEL 4 and RHEL 5 machines.
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Apr 15, 2010
pulled up an old clunker and put centos 5.4 on it the other day. well the grub spash screen appears but i have to manually hit enter to select a kernel.at the /boot/grub/grub.conf file and timeout=5. this is a new install. so I tried changing that value to 0 and it does boot the kernel immediately but never displays the splash screen. so something is not right I assume. btw I see a message (loading stage 2) for about 20 seconds as the computer boots and I have never seen that message on my ubuntu machine, so I wonder if something is off there.
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Jun 30, 2010
I have a dual boot set up on my Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop I have Windows Vista originally installed and i installed RHEL 5 a while ago they used to sit happily together.However After upgrading RHEL 5 from 5.3 to 5.5 yesterday and configuring grub to boot into Vista by default it refuses to do that and boots into RHEL 5 by default.
The laptop used to boot straight into vista but i thought i,d learn how grub works by configuring it, after the rhel5 upgrade. But after changing the DEFAULT value from 0 to 1 and then back from 1 to 0 still grub only boots into RLinux RHEL 5 by default regardless. Can someone help me please i need to make my laptop boot straight into Windows Vista by default and not RHEL 5 This is what my grub.conf looks like
# 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
[code]....
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Mar 26, 2010
I am running Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 7). The server was recently rebooted and wouldn't come up. After some investigation we found that the system would not boot because several files had been zero'd out (not deleted):
* All of these files had a date of March 11, 2010 with a time 03:46
* A zero byte file called /halt was also found with a date of 08:46
We could manually boot to the latest kernel, but none of the startup scripts would run. We analyzed the system looking for any file created on March 11 that were also 0 bytes. Once we had a list, we were able to determine that the system could be recovered without a full blown reinstallation of the OS.
We did a rescue boot from the installation CD, mounted the system volume privately, and edited the grub.conf file. We then brought up the network and copied the needed files from another RHEL v4.7 system. Rebooted the server and check the OS, databases, and apps.
My question is - Has anyone seen this behavior before? I seems like we may have been cracked or at the very least someone has cleared the files needed to recover the system smoothly.
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Jul 30, 2011
Im trying to run a headless box but grub has no time out so it sits until I plug in a keyboard and hit enter. I have tried to put a timer on using 'startup-manager' but this seems to be ignored.
When it boots I get GNU GRUB version 1.99~rc1-13ubuntu13 and a list of operating systems. Unless I hit enter it will wait forever.
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Feb 22, 2010
I just installed kubuntu 910 via cd iso. now i want to change the default grub timeout. It says i dont have permission to edit etc / default /grub so what do i do? i dont know how to login as root user.
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Aug 22, 2010
I am trying to edit grub so that it doesn't timeout the menu. I've found a lot of solutions to this where I edit menu.lst. However, this file is blank when I open it. I just upgraded to Lucid and kept a lot of my old grub settings (I had customized it somewhat). Also, I am not sure if I have grub or grub2. How can I figure this out?
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Dec 21, 2010
I have accidentally changed the grub timeout to 0 seconds. My default boot is also set to windows xp so there is currently no possible way to boot into ubuntu. how to change the grub timeout without needing to startup into Ubuntu.
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Mar 2, 2011
is possible to edited the default RHEL CD to have it automatically install RHEL based off of a kickstart file that I will store locally on the CD. My plan would be to put a cd in a server and have the OS automatically being installed.
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Feb 1, 2011
We are planning to migrate our LINUX server from RHEL 3to RHEL 5. What are the configuration difference between RHEL 3 to RHEL 5 for webserver installations?
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Feb 28, 2011
I have been unable to locate an answer to the below.Just installed 10.10 server and noticed that during boot each time the Grub Menu pops up. I have to manually press a key on my keyboard each time to get through this menu. This is a big problem as this is going to be administered remotely. here is my /boot/grub/grub.cfg file
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# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates[code].......
Now, It seems to me that with the settings above that menu should time out after a few seconds but it is not. I must press enter each time.how I can get this damn thing to timeout after a few seconds?
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Apr 6, 2011
I have an Alienware M11x r2 laptop running Windows 7-63 and Ubuntu 10.10 Unity installed.It was all fine and dandy until I changed my grub timeout to 1 sec (or perhaps 0, its been so long i can't remember!) to reduce the waiting time until an OS boots.My grub was set to boot to Windows 7 as default.Now when I boot up I cannot halt the boot process not matter what key I press (e.g SHIFT).I am doomed to forever boot into Windows. Its been months and I had written off my Ubuntu OS but I am tempted to try and fix this one more time.Since I cannot access the Ubuntu installation AT ALL I cant use the usual ways to increase the timeout on the grub menu (yes I have searched the forums far and wide).
Is there ANY way of changing the grub menu parameters without actually booting into Ubuntu Unity? Can I modify the timeout settings using a live cd or usb boot?
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Aug 4, 2011
I set the default os to boot as windows 7 with a timeout of 1 second. I thought that this would be enough time to switch os ubuntu when i need to, but I am unable to. How can i reset the timeout to 3 seconds? I also cannot view the ubuntu partition within windows because of ubuntu's file system.
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Dec 14, 2010
what are the major differences between rhel 5.2 and rhel 5.4
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Dec 9, 2009
I have a database server running RHEL 5.1 32 bit that suffered some catastrophic failures about 6 months ago. We were able to patch it back together and keep it running, but now the manufacturing site it supports is going to shut down for two weeks and I would like to replace it permenantly. Does anyone have any guidance for that sort of thing? I'd like to have the new server up and running before hand, basically changing the hostname/ip and restoring the databases only on conversion day. I've done this in the past with HP UX - Red Hat conversions, but this is my first red hat to red hat move. Any advice or shortcuts?I forgot to add the other wrinkle. The new server will be running 64bit linux.
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Jan 5, 2010
The code is attached..My intention is that getchar which usually blocks,should come out after 5 seconds(VTIME).But this is not happening..can anyone tell me the mistake that I make..?
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
[code]...
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Jul 4, 2011
I am on CENTOS 5.4 64 Bit Servers.
I have created a script which runs some commands on remote servers.
I am stucked when a server is not responding timely.
I want to set a timeout say after 10 seconds, if I am unable to login (for whatever reason) I should be dropped back at the shell.
I tried using LoginGraceTime but it is not working for me as below:
Code:
LoginGraceTime 10s
or
LoginGraceTime 10
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Apr 23, 2011
My KNode gets a 'timeout on server' when loading newsgroups. I've read that you should tweak the server timeout (settings -> configure knode -> accounts newsgroupserver -> edit -> server timeout). However, when I try this out the properties window of my news server has no 'server timeout'. What can I do now?
(KNode version 4.4.8, KDE version 4.4.5)
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Sep 2, 2010
I am using samba 3.0 on rhel-4, it works fine i am getting the share folder in linux and windows xp as well with username and password for first time only then for next time it will not ask me the username and password for samba user. Actually i want to fix idle-timeout and password authentication for user every time the user want to access the samba share folder.
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Jun 8, 2011
One person using our DNS servers reported a very curios problem. When he tries to access [url] he gets a timeout error. I tried loading the site using chrome, firefox and ie8 and I get the same results.
Here is what dig gives me:
If I use google DNS I get the correct response:
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Feb 12, 2011
I accidentally set "timeout" to 0 in /boot/grub/menu.lst . have dual booting Debian and WinXP.The default is WinXP.I am not able to reconfigure it. what should I do?
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Jan 30, 2011
I have a box running Fedora 14 upstairs and I've been trying to get it to run VNC server, unsuccessfully. I've RTFM, and followed the instructions step-by-step, but it still won't run. I'm getting no error messages. But when I try to connect from either a Window or Mac client, it either get a timeout or connection refused. I've read and tried all the troubleshooting; been working on this for about 12 hours now. Is there something major that I could be overlooking?
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Dec 7, 2010
I have two HP Quard core high end server.
OS : Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Tikanga)
Kernel : kernel-2.6.18-92.el5
From last couple of days I found entry in dmesg:
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Oct 11 15:03:46 kernel: schedule_timeout: wrong timeout value ffefda64 from c05a784e
Oct 11 15:03:46 last message repeated 2 times
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Feb 21, 2011
type the command ssh node2@ip the terminal hangs up a bit then an error message stating that connection timeout but here is a thing: i cant ping to node2 but i can terminate the ping manually using ctrl+c when i terminate the ping usual message appears stating 10 packets transmitted, 100% loss ps: when i go to node3 and ssh to node2 it works fine and also i can ping from node3 to node2 very fine. and the firewalls are down at all nodes
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