How do you monitor startup messages in Ubuntu?

[Tony Arnold]

Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Hex1a4 <hex1a4 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Remove *silent* and *splash* from kernel options in /boot/grub/menu.lst
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> You mean there's no way I can easily turn this on during a boot
> without first starting, logging in, and making a "permanent" change in
> menu.lst?  That's weird.  Even MS Windows has a Function key to turn
> on startup messages.

No, you can edit grub menu items at boot time. Get the boot menu on the
screen, select the entry to boot from and type 'e' (without quotes). You
will then see the lines for that entry from menu.lst. Select the kernel
line and type 'e' again and edit the line to remove silent and splash. I
can't remember what you hit to finish the edit (I think it may be CR),
but it tells you on the screen anyway.

This is a temporary change, so menu.lst remains unchanged.

Regards,
Tony.
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