[ubuntu-uk] Bootup screen
Bernard G Hill
berni at zionundy.me.uk
Sat Oct 7 21:48:17 BST 2006
On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 22:00 +0100, Matthew Saunders wrote:
> > I have looked at MENU.LST and it contains this line which I think you
> > are referring to:
> >
> > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-27-386 root=/dev/hdb5 ro quiet=vga=791
>
> Is the = after the word quiet actually in the menu.lst?
> (quiet=vga=791) This should be a space instead.
>
> My working menu.lst shows:
>
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-27-386 root=/dev/sda3 ro quiet splash
>
> I don't know if it will help your problem, but you don't have the word
> splash on that line? I'm only guessing but this might get the start
> up screen working.
>
> > I think I can change the line if necessary. I am sure a need to be SU to
> > make any change. Is that correct?
>
> To create a backup copy just in case:
> sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst_backup
>
> If you open Terminal, you will need to type in:
> sudo pico /boot/grub/menu.lst
>
> Make the changes just like a normal text editor, then Ctrl+o to save,
> Ctrl+x to exit.
>
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Matthew
>
Thanks to all who came to the rescue in my plight. I changed the grub
kernel line to read:
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-27-386 root=/dev/hdb5 ro quiet splash
vga=791
I kept the vga=791 because I had some difficulty earlier with the VDU
going out of range during boot-up before the desktop was reached.
I now have my boot-up screen instead of a complete blank, and it is nice
to know that the filesystems etc are all OK.
It was interesting to see that everyone has their favourite editor; I
used gedit. I could, of course, have used kate!
All help very much appreciated.
Berni.
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