Start-up screen

[Klaas Vaak]

Running in circles, can we see the content of the file to determine all is ok in there?

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# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
#   info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="BOOT_IMAGE=/antiX/vmlinuz quiet"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=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 `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

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

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

GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false
GRUB_BACKGROUND=/usr/share/wallpaper/back.jpg

I still don't understand the timeout number: is it expressed in seconds or minutes or what?
In any case after 5 seconds nothing happens.

[skidoo]

I still don't understand the timeout number: is it expressed in seconds or minutes or what?

the Truth is out there...
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---} here {-----
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wait... don't click, it might be a trap!

explained in the docs as "seconds... unless a key is pressed"

[Klaas Vaak]

I still don't understand the timeout number: is it expressed in seconds or minutes or what?

the Truth is out there...
--------v
---} here {-----
--------^
wait... don't click, it might be a trap!

Yep, the truth is out there, which is that the number indicates the number of seconds to boot the default entry after the menu is displayed, i.e. the GRUB_TIMEOUT.

But on my computer that is NOT the truth because the default entry is NOT booted after those 5 secs. So, I am back to square 1
P.S. apologies for the italics, don't know what they are due to.

[fehlix]

I still don't understand the timeout number: is it expressed in seconds or minutes or what?
In any case after 5 seconds nothing happens.

Yes in seconds. And you shall see a last line on the menu screen with a countdown, if the timeout feature get's triggered.
The file /etc/default/grub contains the parameter for building the menu-file grub.cfg. As something not working as it should be, I asked you to regenerate the grub-menu by running update-grub from the command line.
Now, assuming you would have done this, and still do not have a working timeout, there might be another reason,
first you have somehow ungracefully stopped the boot process, and grub has recorded this as a failure and for some reason cannot clear the failure-flag.
Try now this :
Add within /etc/default/grub after the line

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GRUB_TIMEOUT=5

a line so it look like:

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GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_RECORDFAIL_TIMEOUT=$GRUB_TIMEOUT

and regenerate the grub menu.

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sudo update-grub

Reboot and check the timeout feature is working.
If not please also post the full inxi-system report here

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inxi -Foprxz

[Richard]

...and fehlix says it much more elegantly, above.

FWIW touching the keys will disable the timer.

No, it does not on my computer.

Strange. I use this feature all the time --move the down arrow key once to make it wait for me.

I set GRUB_TIMEOUT=2, for a 2 second delay in /etc/default/grub , save it, then run

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sudo update-grub

to make the change permanent.

[Klaas Vaak]

Thanks for your help, it works now

[Klaas Vaak]

Thanks for your help Richard, it's working.

[Klaas Vaak]

I thought it was working, unfortunately it is not. The start-up process still stops at the grub screen with the metro train in black-white as a background. How can I get it to, after a delay of a few seconds, continue on to fully start-up.