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Make Grub menu launch with shift key while it hidden otherwise during boot on Ubuntu

Make Grub menu launch with shift key while it hidden otherwise during boot on Ubuntu

To make Grub menu launch with shift key while it hidden otherwise during boot on Ubuntu,
first you should open your grub file.

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

When you open grub file you should clean-up several options.
The result might be looks like below.

Below is example which taken from my Ubuntu 23.04 installed ASUS ROG Strix SCAR II GL504GS.

# 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_STYLE="hidden"
GRUB_TIMEOUT="0"
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
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"

But this doesn't work on some devices.
For example, myHP Laptop 14s-fq1075AU.

In this case, you should modify /etc/grub.d/00_header
By following command, this can be easily fixed.

sudo sed -i "/recordfail_broken=/{s/1/0/}" /etc/grub.d/00_header

Ref: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=287026&start=20

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