Gutsy - No splash screen

[Howard Coles Jr.]

On Tuesday 30 October 2007 03:14:04 pm Karl wrote:
> Op Tuesday 30 October 2007 00:27:06 schreef 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
>
> There is no vga=... option in my menu.lst, so this will not be the answer.
> More idea's anyone?

make sure your menu.lst file has something similar to:

title           Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
root            (hd0,5)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=<UUIDnumber> ro 
quiet splash
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
quiet

The "quiet splash" part is what you need.

Then, if that's there you need to check for the "kubuntu-artwork-usplash" 
package.  If that's not installed install it, and you should be in good 
shape.

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Howard Coles Jr.
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