[ubuntu-za] Startup and shut down delays

[Jan Greeff]

Hi Miles and the team, I adjusted the outcome of "sudo nano 
/etc/default/grub" on my friend's machine to match my own exactly, but 
there is no change.

The Ubuntu 14.04 versions were clean installed from the same disc, but 
mine still boots and shuts down "cleanly" while his shows all those 
black screens full of writing. There really is a lot of it and the 
screens come and go, on one of them I noticed "GiB" at the top and a few 
comments about running scripts towards the bottom, if that could help.

My outcome is shown below. (Two changes were made, shown in blue - the 
first was an alteration, the second a deletion - shown by a line)

GNU nano 2.2.6 File: /etc/default/grub


# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update

# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:

# info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'


GRUB_DEFAULT=0

GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0

GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true

GRUB_TIMEOUT=10

GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""


# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs

# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that 
obtains

# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)

#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"


# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)

#GRUB_TERMINAL=console


# The resolution used on graphical terminal

# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE

# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'

#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480


# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to 
Linux

#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true


# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries

#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"


# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start

#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

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On 01/02/2015 11:20, Miles wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Greeff <jan at verslank.net>
> Reply-to: jan at verslank.net
> To: Miles <msdomdonner at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Startup and shut down delays
> Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2015 11:11:34 +0200
>
> It's not my machine, makes it worse: it's a new convert of mine to
> Ubuntu. I only have periodic access to it, however, I will try this when
> time permits.
>
> My 14.04 install in my HP laptop is fine in this respect. Opens and
> shuts clean as a whistle...
>
>
> On 01/02/2015 10:56, Miles wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jan Greeff <jan at verslank.net>
>> Reply-to: jan at verslank.net
>> To: Miles <msdomdonner at gmail.com>, Ubuntu South African Local Community
>> <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Startup and shut down delays
>> Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2015 10:17:53 +0200
>>
>> Oh yes Miles, it eventually boots up perfectly and also eventually shuts
>> down correctly.
>>
>>
>> On 01/02/2015 10:10, Miles wrote:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Jan Greeff <jan at verslank.net>
>>> Reply-to: jan at verslank.net, Ubuntu South African Local Community
>>> <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>> To: ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>> Subject: [ubuntu-za] Startup and shut down delays
>>> Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2015 08:13:09 +0200
>>>
>>> Ubuntu 14.04 fresh install on a Samsung laptop is starting up and
>>> shutting down by showing a number of black screens with lots of writing
>>> which is irritating and time-consuming.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to stop this from happening?
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>>
>>> Jan
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Can you explain that a bit more Jan. does it eventually boot into
>>> ubuntu?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Ok , I think somehow it has disabled the splash screen. look
>> in /etc/default/grub. Can you sudo nano /etc/default/grub and copy paste
>> it to slexy.org for me. I like to see all the writing so turn off mine
>> Hehe. Man install hexchat or xchat and come to irc > freenode >
>> #ubuntu-za then we can work through it easier than by mail. anyway lets
>> see that and maybe I can spot the prob, otherwise we need to wait for
>> clever peeps to help
>>
>>
>>
>
> Jan do sudo nano /etc/default/grub on your machine and copy save the
> output to a file or so, the when you get to the other one do the same
> and compair them. If you need to change his to be like yours you then
> ctrl+o to save hit enter and ctrl+x to exit
>
>
>

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