how do I remove the splash screen in 7.04

On Sat, 26. May 2007 07:43:33 Blackraen wrote:
> New question #7197 on Ubuntu:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/7197
>
> I want to see everything it loads, not an orange bar crossing the screen...
> and the 1 on the exit screen as well, so my question is, how do I disable
> them so I can see what the OS is doing?? on version 7.04

You only have th change a line in /boot/grub/menu.lst and rewrite the grub
bootloader.

There are two solutions.
- The first one will remove the spash screen.
- The second one will make the splash screen a bit more informational.

- So here's solution one:

For this open a terminal my right-click on the desktop and choosing 'Terminal'
Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst by starting an editor as superuser root:
 sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Remove 'quiet' and 'splash' in the follwing part of menu.lst:
Note: depending on your setup there might be more options not only quiet and
      splash. Don't delete this other options, only delete quiet and splash.

  ## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
  ## alternatives
  ## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
  # defoptions=quiet splash

to:

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=

So by removing the defoption 'quiet splash' entry the splashscreen wil not be
used anymore

After you've done the changes you have to initialize the new grub bootloader
entry. Again in a terminal start:
 sudo update-grub

You will see that grup rewrites it's boot entry.
So we're done.
You may now close the Terminal and reboot the system to see the changes

- And solution two:

Only change
  # defoptions=quiet splash
to
  # defoptions=splash

So you still have a splash screen but it will give information about the
startup proecess.

After you've done the changes you have to initialize the new grub bootloader
entry. Again in a terminal start:
 sudo update-grub

You will see that grup rewrites it's boot entry.
So we're done.
You may now close the Terminal and reboot the system to see the changes

Note:
Aside this two solutions there are others to see what's going on during
bootup. They only are effective during this particular boot run. For the next
system start they are not affective annnymore. So this is a good way for some
kind of 'debuging' or 'repair on the fly' for a system startup.

- Even when the system is up and running you may see most of the startup
  messages by typing:
   sudo dmesg
  or:
  sudo dmesg | less

- You may switch to VT1 or VT6 when you see the splash screen by pressing
  <Ctrl>+<F1> or <Ctrl>+<F6>
  So you will see a lot of startup messages 'just in time'

- you may edit the grub menu when you see it at the first beggining of a
  system startup process.
   Pressing 'e' will bring you into the edit mode of grub.
   select the line you want to edit with the <Up> and <Dn>Keys (The up and
    down arrow keys)
   press 'e' once more to edit the selected line.
   you may delete the options 'quiet' and / or 'splash' with the delete keys
   press <Esc> to leave the edit mode and
   press <b> to boot

  This also only effects one system startup and ist often used as a fallback
  if a system will not start or for testing purposes. The man-pages of grub
  and the grub-Howto will give a *lot* of information about this.

regards,
thomas