Ubuntu shows 'Kubuntu' on boot
Solution 1
Change Plymouth Splash Screen.
This is the initial splash screen you see at bootup. Different Plymouth themes can be found by searching for plymouth-theme in a Package Manager. Install a new one and manually select the theme you wish to use. The default Ubuntu theme is already installed.
sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
sudo update-initramfs -u
Solution 2
Maybe you haven't removed kubuntu-desktop
completely.
You can just remove the splash sudo apt-get remove kubuntu-artwork-usplash
and start enjoying Raring Ringtail
Solution 3
Default value of variable GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR is set to lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian
by /etc/default/grub script while generating grub.cfg.
Check your /etc/default/grub.d/ directory for scripts which could overwrite this variable.
In my case it was /etc/default/grub.d/50_kubuntu.cfg which has been created by KDE Plasma Environment so I deleted it and generated grub.cfg again.
To solve this problem with GRUB, simply type into terminal:
sudo rm /etc/default/grub.d/50_kubuntu.cfg
sudo update-grub
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shrikant
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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shrikant over 1 year
I recently updated my Ubuntu 12.10 setup to 13.04 using
sudo do-release-upgrade
.After going through the process and rebooting, I was a little confused by the GRUB menu showing a "Kubuntu" option instead of "Ubuntu" as it usually did.
After choosing it, it then shows me a Kubuntu splash screen during the bootup (consisting just of a blue "Kubuntu"), but the subsequent login screen and desktop are fine.
I do have a KDE setup besides Unity (I had installed
kubuntu-desktop
way earlier when I was running 12.04), but I don't see why it should have affected the GRUB menu and the bootup splash screen!-
Freedom_Ben about 11 yearsWow that is really crazy :-) Since it is only the splash screen does it bother you?
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shrikant about 11 years@Freedom_Ben: Not really, although when I first saw the modified entry in GRUB, I was terrified that I'd lost my setup.
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pugelarouge almost 11 yearsif you are talking about the screens upto and including login - but not after that, then try removing kdm - i think you want lightdm
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shrikant about 11 yearsI just removed
kubuntu-desktop
, and all that did was uninstall a ~54 kb app, after which the issue still exists.kubuntu-artwork-splash
doesn't appear to exist on my system, but in the login screen, I can still choose to log in to the KDE Plasma Workspace. -
arielf about 11 yearsNote that removing a meta-package doesn't force removal of all of its "Depends" (prerequisite packages). Also: it doesn't remove config files.
man apt-get
for details. So by removing kubuntu-desktop you haven't really removed any actual packages. Trydpkg-query -f '${Depends}' --show kubuntu-desktop
to see all its dependencies. -
Yannick Schneider about 9 yearsworks great also on 15.04
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abdul qayyum over 7 yearstested in 16.04 work well!