linuxmint / linuxmint/mintupdate
Kernel warning screen improvement
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For UEFI systems, GRUB can be shown by holding the ESC key at startup, while the update manager's kernel warning screen only shows SHIFT, which works for BIOS systems. This can create confusion when users are trying to recover their operating system.
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Add "or ESC" or something similar to the warning screen.
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Research direction
Start by locating the update manager's kernel warning screen text and read how its startup-key guidance is defined. Update the wording to mention ESC alongside SHIFT for UEFI systems, then verify that the warning displays the revised guidance correctly.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 58/100