UI for "drop to root shell" is confusing
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| friendly-recovery (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
1. Boot into GRUB recovery menu.
2. Select menu item "Drop to root shell prompt".
3. Get prompt that says "Press Enter for maintenance (or press control-D to continue):"
This is confusing, and actually backwards. Control-D doesn't "continue" with the menu item you selected, it ends the root shell and goes back to the menu. You want to press Enter if you want to continue on and get a root shell prompt.
Please reword the prompt to something like "Press Enter to go to the root shell (or press control-D to go back to the menu):".
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: grub-pc 2.04-1ubuntu26.4
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-48-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckR
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Sep 21 15:16:18 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-29 (145 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
| William Dietrich (billdietrich444) wrote | #1 |
| Julian Andres Klode (juliank) wrote | #2 |
| affects: | grub2 (Ubuntu) → friendly-recovery (Ubuntu) |
The message is for single user mode and pressing Ctrl-D continues boot, whereas Enter enters the shell/allows maintenance.
I can see it's confusing if you enter via friendly-recovery that way.