Bug#551430: timeout countdown gone!

[jidanni at jidanni.org]

Package: grub-common
Version: 1.97~beta4-1

I hereby inform you that one can no longer have a timeout countdown.
I.e., even though one sees
set timeout=45
below, no timeout is shown nor does it ever timeout.

One can however get a command line, and set it manually, and then it works.

$ more /etc/default/grub /root/grub.local.sh /boot/grub/grub.cfg|cat
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/etc/default/grub
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# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

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

# 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 entrys
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY="true"
. /root/grub.local.sh #jidanni
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/root/grub.local.sh
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#jidanni
GRUB_TERMINAL=console
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet panic=15"
case $(hostname) in
    *1) GRUB_TIMEOUT=45;;
    *) GRUB_TIMEOUT=11;;
esac
#even tried GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=false
# Local Variables:
# compile-command: "update-grub && grub-install /dev/hda"
# End:
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/boot/grub/grub.cfg
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#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set default=0
if terminal_input console ; then true ; else
  # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
  # understand terminal_input
  terminal console
fi
if terminal_output console ; then true ; else
  # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
  # understand terminal_output
  terminal console
fi
set timeout=45
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-2-686" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,5)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set efd74e43-e0cb-4aa9-8a1d-d258cd465773
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-686 root=UUID=efd74e43-e0cb-4aa9-8a1d-d258cd465773 ro  quiet panic=15
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-2-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,5)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set efd74e43-e0cb-4aa9-8a1d-d258cd465773
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-686 root=UUID=efd74e43-e0cb-4aa9-8a1d-d258cd465773 ro single 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-2-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-1-686" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,5)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set efd74e43-e0cb-4aa9-8a1d-d258cd465773
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-686 root=UUID=efd74e43-e0cb-4aa9-8a1d-d258cd465773 ro  quiet panic=15
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-1-686 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,5)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set efd74e43-e0cb-4aa9-8a1d-d258cd465773
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-686 root=UUID=efd74e43-e0cb-4aa9-8a1d-d258cd465773 ro single 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-686
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###