Removing the splash screen on shutdown an startup. I want to be able to see the processes

Question

I know this has been asked but on slightly different terms. I would like to remove it so that I can see the code behind. Not one off but every time it is shutdown and started. Thaknk you in advance.

Solution 1

I recommend just editing your /etc/default/grub.

Change

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"  

to

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""

Remember to update grub afterward with sudo update-grub at the command line.

Comment: Originally, I put GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text". Note this will end your boot process at the command line. After (possibly) having to login with username and password, startx at the prompt will start up your usual GUI.

Solution 2

For a single boot process, you can interrupt Grub e (edit), move the cursor to the kernel you want to start, e edit the line with the kernel and remove the

splash quiet

or change them to

nosplash noquiet

A persistent solution would be to modify your /boot/grub/menu.lst file from:

kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-39-generic root=UUID=01-cafe ro quiet splash locale=de_DE

to:

kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-39-generic root=UUID=01-cafe ro locale=de_DE

(your locale might vary). After installing a new kernel, the new one will again have the default settings. Modify in /etc/default/grub

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

to

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="noquiet nosplash"

if you have such a file. See

info grub 

on how to change your grub settings in general. There is a graphical customize for grub: https://launchpad.net/grub-customizer but I haven't tested it.

Comments

[enzotib]

menu.lst is gone a very long time ago...

[datacarl]

@enzotib: menu.lst is present in 10.04, the current LTS version of (X/K)ubuntu. It isn't gone, and it isn't gone long ago.

[enzotib]

@userunknown: from Grub2: "GRUB 2 is the default boot loader and manager for Ubuntu since version 9.10 (Karmic Koala)". Maybe you have chosen to stay with grub legacy.

[datacarl]

@enzotib: Afaik, with Grub2 the way the menu.lst file is modified has changed, but the file is still in use. I'm always updating my Linux installation and my /etc/grub.d dir is from 4.2010. The 20_memtest86+ file therein contains the note: older versions of grub2 do not have this yet (LP: #459080) so my impression is, that I'm using a kind of grub2. /etc/grub.d wasn't there with the former grub.

[Hilmi Erdem KEREN]

This made my Ubuntu loose all the x GUI not the splash.

[Chan-Ho Suh]

@Luke I'm glad it helped. I hope you didn't run into a problem like the others. See my revised answer.

[Chan-Ho Suh]

@erdemkeren See my edited answer if you need to get back into the GUI. Alternatively, you can edit your grub again using the nano editor, which is a friendly console-based editor.

[Hilmi Erdem KEREN]

No problem about recovering. Just wanted to inform others. Thanks for reply.