Ubuntu

How to change startup screen.

Asked by WhyGog

Whenever I start my computer, it goes to the boot loader (GRUB, I assume) where I choose Ubuntu. After that I get a very short "Starting..." (or something very similar) at which point the screen quickly goes to black. After some time (under a minute) the logon screen will popup and everything will work smoothly after that. The same thing happens when I go to shutdown the computer. I select shutdown and the screen quickly goes to black, and then after about 30 seconds or so, the computer will power down correctly.

What I would like it to be able to get more information about what is going on during those black screens.

ex
Start Something [ OK ]
Start Something Else [ Failed ]

Thanks for any help you may be able to offer.

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Best Martin Albisetti (beuno) said : 		#1

First off, open up a Terminal by going to: Applications Menu > Accesories > Terminal

Once there, type in the terminal:
sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Look for the line that says "defoptions=quiet splash" and replace with "defoptions="

Save and go back to the terminal.

Now execute:
sudo update-grub

You can now close the terminal and reboot, this should show you everything that's going on.

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WhyGog (whygog) said : 		#2

Thanks Martin Albisetti, that solved my question.