GRUB acts differently on different devices?

General system Newbie
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Hi there!

I installed EOS on my PC and later on my laptop as well.

Whenever I start my desktop PC and GRUB loads up, there’s a countdown at the bottom of the screen indicating that the currently selected OS will boot once the timer runs out. My laptop, however, does not have this. I always have to press Enter to select and boot. What gives? :thinking: Is there a way to set it on my laptop as well?

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Check the setting GRUB_TIMEOUT in /etc/default/grub on the machine that waits forever for keyboard input.

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As a fellow newbie I use the grub editor GUI. It’s a very newbie friendly way of editing everything in your grub, from the font, colors, background image, and yes even the timer

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This is not a GUI to configure grub. This is a custom bootloader using grub.

Be aware to think it will act and work in the same way.

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I think he may be referring to this:
https://github.com/Thenujan-0/grub-editor

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Thank you for this warning! Duly noted

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With config backup, nice.

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ah this indeed sounds better to me:

grub-editor

GUI application to manage grub configuration

It workes by editing the /etc/default/grub

looks really nice… now i need to install EndeavourOS with Grub to check it :wink:

Also onto doing a KCM module for it:

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Unfortuately that seems to be identical to the machine that counts down just fine. The only difference between the two files is in the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT value.

This is the grub config from the laptop that waits for ever 
# GRUB boot loader configuration

GRUB_DEFAULT='0'

GRUB_TIMEOUT='5'

GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR='EndeavourOS'

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nowatchdog nvme_load=YES loglevel=3 nvidia-drm.modeset=1"

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# Preload both GPT and MBR modules so that they are not missed

GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="part_gpt part_msdos"

# Uncomment to enable booting from LUKS encrypted devices

#GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK=y

# Set to 'countdown' or 'hidden' to change timeout behavior,

# press ESC key to display menu.

GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu

# Uncomment to use basic console

GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal

#GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal

# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE

# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `videoinfo'

GRUB_GFXMODE=auto

# Uncomment to allow the kernel use the same resolution used by grub

GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep

# Uncomment if you want GRUB to pass to the Linux kernel the old parameter

# format "root=/dev/xxx" instead of "root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xxx"

#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries

GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY='true'

# Uncomment and set to the desired menu colors. Used by normal and wallpaper

# modes only. Entries specified as foreground/background.

#GRUB_COLOR_NORMAL="light-blue/black"

#GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT="light-cyan/blue"

# Uncomment one of them for the gfx desired, a image background or a gfxtheme

GRUB_BACKGROUND='/usr/share/endeavouros/splash.png'

#GRUB_THEME="/path/to/gfxtheme"

# Uncomment to get a beep at GRUB start

#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

# Uncomment to make GRUB remember the last selection. This requires

# setting 'GRUB_DEFAULT=saved' above.

#GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true

# Uncomment to disable submenus in boot menu

GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU='false'

# Probing for other operating systems is disabled for security reasons. Read

# documentation on GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER, if still want to enable this

# functionality install os-prober and uncomment to detect and include other

# operating systems.

#GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false
And this is from the computer that has the timer 
# GRUB boot loader configuration

GRUB_DEFAULT='0'
GRUB_TIMEOUT='5'
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR='EndeavourOS'
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT='nowatchdog nvme_load=YES loglevel=3'
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# Preload both GPT and MBR modules so that they are not missed
GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="part_gpt part_msdos"

# Uncomment to enable booting from LUKS encrypted devices
#GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK=y

# Set to 'countdown' or 'hidden' to change timeout behavior,
# press ESC key to display menu.
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu

# Uncomment to use basic console
GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal
#GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `videoinfo'
GRUB_GFXMODE=auto

# Uncomment to allow the kernel use the same resolution used by grub
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep

# Uncomment if you want GRUB to pass to the Linux kernel the old parameter
# format "root=/dev/xxx" instead of "root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xxx"
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY='true'

# Uncomment and set to the desired menu colors.  Used by normal and wallpaper
# modes only.  Entries specified as foreground/background.
#GRUB_COLOR_NORMAL="light-blue/black"
#GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT="light-cyan/blue"

# Uncomment one of them for the gfx desired, a image background or a gfxtheme
GRUB_BACKGROUND='/usr/share/endeavouros/splash.png'
#GRUB_THEME="/path/to/gfxtheme"

# Uncomment to get a beep at GRUB start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

# Uncomment to make GRUB remember the last selection. This requires
# setting 'GRUB_DEFAULT=saved' above.
#GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true

# Uncomment to disable submenus in boot menu
GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU='false'

# Probing for other operating systems is disabled for security reasons. Read
# documentation on GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER, if still want to enable this
# functionality install os-prober and uncomment to detect and include other
# operating systems.
#GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false
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That looks fine. Try regenerating the Grub configuration file, and paste the output into the thread.

sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg