`quiet splash` breaks 20.04.1 server image boot process, but not desktop?

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Thanks for the reply!

> AFAIK, it should not be empty...

Interesting! Never cared about this in earlier version, so I’m unaware of what a sever version generally put’s in there..

> If you press Esc, can you see the boot messages? Can you switch to
> another terminal with Alt+F[2-6]?

YES, thank you! I totally forgot about terminal switching and just tried Esc (which changes nothing). Switching to another terminal gives me the login prompt!

Any clue why it doesn’t land at the default terminal without switching?