Any way to skip the weird black setup screen every time? | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

lavish lake Apr 14, 2026, 1:26 PM

#

I mean this leads every time before Linux mint so can it just auto skip

zinc zealot Apr 14, 2026, 1:45 PM

#

Hello, please open the terminal and type

cat /etc/default/grub

what does it say?

lavish lake Apr 14, 2026, 1:46 PM

#

Im doing it right now

#

zinc zealot Apr 14, 2026, 1:48 PM

#

Upper part too (scroll up)

lavish lake Apr 14, 2026, 1:49 PM

#

upbeat tinsel Apr 14, 2026, 1:49 PM

#

that is the grub, it is used to select what you want to boot

lavish lake Apr 14, 2026, 1:49 PM

#

oh

#

Any way to change it?

upbeat tinsel Apr 14, 2026, 1:49 PM

#

im not sure ask the other person

lavish lake Apr 14, 2026, 1:50 PM

#

Alright Firefox it is

zinc zealot Apr 14, 2026, 1:50 PM

#

Ok, and

ls /etc/default/grub.d

please

lavish lake Apr 14, 2026, 1:51 PM

#

50_linuxmint.cfg

zinc zealot Apr 14, 2026, 1:53 PM

#

Alright, then type

sudo xed ls /etc/default/grub

in the opened file change GRUB_TIMEOUT=10 to GRUB_TIMEOUT=0 save the file, close the editor, then type

sudo update-grub

lavish lake Apr 14, 2026, 1:55 PM

#

Could not save file

#

zinc zealot Apr 14, 2026, 1:56 PM

#

Show the command you typed to open it

lavish lake Apr 14, 2026, 1:56 PM

#

zinc zealot Apr 14, 2026, 1:56 PM

#

you missed sudo at the beginning

lavish lake Apr 14, 2026, 1:57 PM

#

Nice

zinc zealot Apr 14, 2026, 1:57 PM

#

sudo xed /etc/default/grub

lavish lake Apr 14, 2026, 1:57 PM

#

Alright should be done?

zinc zealot Apr 14, 2026, 1:59 PM

#

Let's double check, what does

cat /etc/default/grub | grep TIMEOUT

say?

lavish lake Apr 14, 2026, 1:59 PM

#

Hidden and 0.1 because I saw sometimes 0 don’t work

#

Yep works

#

Thanks!

zinc zealot Apr 14, 2026, 2:00 PM

#

Alright then

#Any way to skip the weird black setup screen every time?