Gutsy - No splash screen

[Michael Hirsch]

On 10/29/07, Michael Hirsch <mdhirsch at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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

BTW, that should give you back your virtual consoles, too.

Michael