How do you monitor startup messages in Ubuntu?

[Alan Milnes]

Jeffrey Tooker wrote:
> email under this thread that said <Cont><Alt><F1> for startup messages. 
> I did this and the messages came up. Is there a command to incorporate 
> <Cont><Alt><F1> into system bootup? I would much rather have messages 
> than a progress bar.
>   
sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

remove quiet and splash wherever you see it.

Alan