Getting rid of the startup splash screen (Edgy)

[Derek Broughton]

Wei-Yee Chan wrote:

> sdavmor wrote:
>> I'd like to get rid of the graphic "Ubuntu" spash screen on boot
>> so I can see all the drivers and services loading as a laundry
>> list, just like on my 7 year old Red Hat.  Where do I go to fix
>> this?
> I suppose your referring to the graphical boot?
> 
> If your using Dapper, edit your /boot/grub/menu.lst file and remove
> "splash" and "quiet".
> 
> If your using Edgy, insert a # just before the splash.  I have included
> a sample of my menu.lst file:
> 
> title        Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-10-generic
> root        (hd0,0)
> kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-generic
> root=UUID=3830dc6c-4b68-446c-b2ab-44a31b051c63 ro
> #splash
> initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-10-generic
> savedefault
> boot
> 
Note: that's only a temporary solution - if you install a new kernel
package, "update-grub" will recreate the menu.lst with the splash option -
you need to modify the "#defoptions" line.
-- 
derek