Getting rid of the startup splash screen (Edgy)

sdavmor sdavmor at systemstheory.net
Sun Nov 19 23:36:25 UTC 2006


Wei-Yee Chan wrote:
> sdavmor wrote:
>> I'd like to get rid of the graphic "Ubuntu" spash screen on boot
>> so I can see all the drivers and services loading as a laundry
>> list, just like on my 7 year old Red Hat.  Where do I go to fix
>> this? 
> I suppose your referring to the graphical boot? 
> 
> If your using Dapper, edit your /boot/grub/menu.lst file and remove
> "splash" and "quiet". 
> 
> If your using Edgy, insert a # just before the splash.  I have included
> a sample of my menu.lst file:
> 
> title        Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-10-generic
> root        (hd0,0)
> kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-generic
> root=UUID=3830dc6c-4b68-446c-b2ab-44a31b051c63 ro 
> #splash
> initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-10-generic
> savedefault
> boot
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Wei-Yee Chan
> http://chanweiyee.blogspot.com

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