I am currently running LM 22.3 (only OS) and made a change to Grub using System Administration. I just added "loglevel=2" and hit save. I made no other changes. Upon the next reboot, I got the grub menu with no timeout. It seems that by adding the loglevel comment, that activated the grub time out. Once I changed the timeout to zero, the grub menu didn't show. It's just odd as the option to show the menu is not "on" but the timer started being active. I could understand this if I had multiple OS and got the grub menu on ever startup, but not just by adding the loglevel comment. I would think that if the "switch" to show Menu is off, then when booting up, I should not see the grub menu no matter what the time is for "Delay before booting." And this has happened on all 3 of my laptops running LM. The other 2 are a Dell Inspiron 5502 and an HP Pavilion 16.
System:
Kernel: 6.17.0-1028-oem arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.6.7 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.6.3 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Alienware product: Alienware 16 Aurora AC16250 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Alienware model: 04MC8V v: A00 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 0D35
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Alienware v: 1.13.0 date: 04/23/2026
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 75.8 Wh (80.0%) condition: 94.8/94.6 Wh (100.3%) volts: 12.5 min: 11.7
model: BYD DELL JJDWF64F type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: discharging cycles: 19
CPU:
Info: 10-core (6-mt/4-st) model: Intel Core 7 240H bits: 64 type: MST AMCP smt: enabled
arch: Raptor Lake rev: 2 cache: L1: 864 KiB L2: 9.5 MiB L3: 24 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 708 high: 2200 min/max: 400/5000:5200:4000 cores: 1: 1751 2: 400 3: 484
4: 424 5: 2000 6: 400 7: 404 8: 400 9: 2200 10: 400 11: 400 12: 400 13: 400 14: 400 15: 400
16: 472 bogomips: 95846
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-P [Intel Graphics] vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-13
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:a7ab
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Dell driver: nvidia v: 595.71.05 pcie: speed: 32 GT/s lanes: 8 ports:
active: none empty: HDMI-A-1,eDP-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2d98 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-6:3 chip-ID: 0bda:558f class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1600 s-dpi: 102 s-size: 640x400mm (25.20x15.75") s-diag: 755mm (29.71")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP-1-1 model: BOE Display 0x0d60 res: 2560x1600 hz: 120 dpi: 188
size: 345x215mm (13.58x8.46") diag: 407mm (16") modes: 2560x1600
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 595.71.05 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 layers: 5 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0 type: discrete-gpu driver: N/A
device-ID: 10de:2d98 device: 1 type: integrated-gpu driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:a7ab device: 2
type: cpu driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-P/U/H cAVS vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:51ca class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 32 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:22ec class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.17.0-1028-oem status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: MEDIATEK vendor: Foxconn driver: mt7925e v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: N/A bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7925 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Dell RTL8111/8168/8411 driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000
bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-10:4 chip-ID: 0489:e139 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.4 lmp-v: 13
sub-v: 2512 hci-v: 13 rev: 1009 class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 30.86 GiB (3.2%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 model: 2650 Micron 1024GB size: 953.87 GiB speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 26500101 temp: 41.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 937.33 GiB used: 30.85 GiB (3.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 16 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 3 rev: 3.1 speed: 20 Gb/s lanes: 2 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-4:2 info: Logitech Logi Bolt Receiver type: keyboard,mouse,HID
driver: hid-generic,hid-multitouch,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1
power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c548 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 3-6:3 info: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD type: video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 3
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:558f class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Device-3: 3-10:4 info: Foxconn / Hon Hai Wireless_Device type: bluetooth driver: btusb
interfaces: 3 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 0489:e139 class-ID: e001
serial: <filter>
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0 C mobo: 53.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 54 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0 fan-2: 0
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2080
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oem-hwe-meta.list
1: deb http: //oem.archive.canonical.com/ noble hwe
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oem-somerville-aurorus-meta.list
1: deb http: //dell.archive.canonical.com/ noble somerville
2: deb http: //dell.archive.canonical.com/ noble somerville-aurorus
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb https: //mirror.hoobly.com/linuxmint-archive zena main upstream import backport
2: deb https: //mirror.hoobly.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb https: //mirror.hoobly.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb https: //mirror.hoobly.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.32 GiB used: 3.39 GiB (22.1%)
Processes: 375 Power: uptime: 52m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle wakeups: 0
hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical
Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 Client: Unknown python3.12 client inxi: 3.3.34
I am currently running LM 22.3 (only OS) and made a change to Grub using System Administration. I just added "loglevel=2" and hit save. I made no other changes. Upon the next reboot, I got the grub menu with no timeout. It seems that by adding the loglevel comment, that activated the grub time out. Once I changed the timeout to zero, the grub menu didn't show. It's just odd as the option to show the menu is not "on" but the timer started being active. I could understand this if I had multiple OS and got the grub menu on ever startup, but not just by adding the loglevel comment. I would think that if the "switch" to show Menu is off, then when booting up, I should not see the grub menu no matter what the time is for "Delay before booting." And this has happened on all 3 of my laptops running LM. The other 2 are a Dell Inspiron 5502 and an HP Pavilion 16.