Gutsy - No splash screen

[Michael Hirsch]

On 10/29/07, Karl <karl.vanwynsberghe at telenet.be> wrote:
> Op Saturday 20 October 2007 20:58:20 schreef Karl Vanwynsberghe:
> > Well Bruce, that's very...  reassuring :)
> >
> > Thx for the info.
> >
> > Op Saturday 20 October 2007 20:38:42 schreef Bruce Marshall:
> > > On Saturday 20 October 2007, Karl Vanwynsberghe wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I've installed a clean Gusty system.
> > > > Most of it seems to work out of the box...
> > > >
> > > > But if have the following problem;
> > > > While booting i don't see anything from right after grub until just
> > > > before the kde-login screen.
> > > > No splash screen, no nothing... only a black screen.
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions?
> > > >
> > > > Thx, Karl
> > >
> > > Known problem.   We all have it.
>
>
> Does anyone know if there is already a solution for this?

Try deleting the "vga=xxx" part of your grub boot menu.  You can do
this non-destructively by editing the line at boot time.

1. power the system on.
2. At the grub menu use arrow keys to select the boot line you use,
press 'e' to edit it
3. Press 'e' again (I think) to edit the first line of it
4. Go to the end of the line and delete the part 'vga=971' or whatever it says
5. Enter to finish editing, then 'b' to boot.

If that works for you, edit /boot/grub/menu.lst similarly

Michael