grub no timeout

[Antonello Piemonte]

On Monday 07 August 2006 11:44, Arun Williams wrote:

> Try out giving more span for timeout (eg : 10), because by the time your
> grub screen is displayed the count might have finished.

well, there is no countdown actually: when I reboot the server I get to
the grub splash screen, and instead of getting a counter in seconds to 
boot, it just sits there (with no countdown anywehere to be seen)
until I press Enter on the chosen entry. 
thx
a.