Gummiboot loader.conf without a keyboard plugs in, hangs at boot menu.

Hi, i've set up gummiboot to boot without a timeout, on the arch entry conf. This works fine with a keyboard plugged in, but whenever I take the keyboard out and boot without the keyboard plugged in, Gummiboot seems to ignore the timeout, and puts me to a menu, waiting for input, which obviously I can't select cos there's no keyboard plugged in. Is there any way to get round this?

bergqvistjl wrote:
MagicSkyFairy wrote:
I don't know the answer but maybe I can help you find it yourself? I'm sure there is a log with some sort of error message. I'm still sort of new, so I'm not sure about what logs keep track of what, or the names of all the logs.
Here are the ones I know: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, journalctl, and dmesg. You can use tail -n <number of lines to show> to go straight to the bottom of the log.
Also, maybe theses will help:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Boot_Debugging
and
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gu … leshooting
The troubleshooting problem is different but maybe deleting the $ESP/loader directory and all of its contents, and recreate the necessary configuration files. will work for this one too.
Hopefully doing that doesn't mess anything up even more, I'd feel bad.
I'm sorry but I don't think you're going to be much help. It doesn't even boot.... it waits on the gummiboot menu whenever a keyboard is not plugged in is the problem
Ah, then yes, I will be absolutely no help at all. Good day to you, sir.

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