[Bug 837581] [NEW] Ubuntu splash screen should be visible instead of blank screen with flashing cursor

[Chris Wilson]

Public bug reported:

After choosing to boot Ubuntu from the Grub menu (if such an option has
been enabled in the Grub configuration file), the user is presented with
a blank screen with a flashing cursor in the upper left corner for a
number of seconds before the Ubuntu splash screen appears. I feel it
would be more user friendly if the user did not have to view this blank
screen, regardless of how long it is visible.

I think this blank screen is the result of Grub being set to run on
quiet mode so whatever process it is going through is being silenced and
instead a blank screen is all that remains. I think that a good solution
would be to have the Ubuntu splash screen kick in earlier if Grub is set
to run on quiet mode.

** Affects: hundredpapercuts
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: grub (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: grub (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Ubuntu splash screen should be visible instead of blank screen with
  flashing cursor

Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
  New
Status in “grub” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  After choosing to boot Ubuntu from the Grub menu (if such an option
  has been enabled in the Grub configuration file), the user is
  presented with a blank screen with a flashing cursor in the upper left
  corner for a number of seconds before the Ubuntu splash screen
  appears. I feel it would be more user friendly if the user did not
  have to view this blank screen, regardless of how long it is visible.

  I think this blank screen is the result of Grub being set to run on
  quiet mode so whatever process it is going through is being silenced
  and instead a blank screen is all that remains. I think that a good
  solution would be to have the Ubuntu splash screen kick in earlier if
  Grub is set to run on quiet mode.

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