https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=775212 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=775212#c0 Summary: grub2 lacks clear way of adding/modifying the boot options on startup as compared with grub1 Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.2 Version: RC 2 Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 12.2 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Bootloader AssignedTo: jsrain@suse.com ReportedBy: Eduard.Avetisyan@desy.de QAContact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:14.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/14.0.1 I find the grub2 manner of adding boot options a severe usability and design flow. Yes, I know that one "simply" has to press 'e' to add whatever option one needs, but then one gets the full config file in his disposal! With the current state of accelerated linux graphics drivers in 99% of cases it is either nomodeset or 3 (for runlevel 3 aka text-only boot). The way opensuse had it in previous versions was fairly cool and comfy. Now instead of simply typing '3' one really has to go down 10 lines and very carefully search for the place where the boot options can be added. After that you press 'enter' (as usual) just to find out it added another empty line in the config - emacs style editing! Thank you so much, designers, one has to read all the fineprint these days - press F10 to boot! Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Expected Results: I would expect that whatever major advancements happen to the bootloader (or any other product) its user interface changes only minimally and only when necessary. In any case it shouldn't get more complicated without need. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.