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

[Liam Proven]

On Fri, 25 Sep 2020 at 13:24, Loopend via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> 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..

That is a good question. I am afraid that the only Ubuntu Server I
have available to me right now is a Raspberry Pi 4, so it doesn't use
GRUB and I don't have /etc/defaut/grub file at all.

> > 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!

Great! :-)

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

I don't, I'm afraid. When I used to run a home Ubuntu Server, TBH with
you, I _removed_ plymouth, mode switching and all of it -- I wanted to
see as much text as possible scrolling past as it booted. It's useful
for troubleshooting.

My *guess* is that Plymouth is expecting an X server (or Wayland) to
start after booting the kernel, and it will switch to virtual console
7 and display the GUI there. The developers were probably trying to
_avoid_ the console login being shown at all.


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