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Start-up screen, how?

Asked by george_rutkay

When starting up or shutting down Ubuntu, I'd like the screen with the name and the progress bar to appear. Right now on my computer it's just a black screen but at home it's working. Same computers, same install CD, yet a difference.

Please advise? Thanks.

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Albrecht Mühlenschulte (a7p) said : 		#1

The screen is called bootsplash. It depends on the framebuffer device - if that does not work there is no splashscreen - you could edit your grub-options (removing "quite" and "upsplash" should do) in order to see if there are any errors while starting.

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george_rutkay (yaktur) said : 		#2

Ok, when I get home I'll try it there! Thanks, I'll post the results to this thread.

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Onkar Shinde (onkarshinde) said : 		#3

Try command 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure usplash' and then restart machine.

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george_rutkay (yaktur) said : 		#4

Sorry, it didn't solve it. After GRUB loads the kernel, the screen goes completely black for about 45 to 60 seconds, then the graphical log-in appears.

During that "black screen" time the Ubuntu logo and a progress bar are supposed to appear - that's what I'm trying to figure out, why it won't appear?

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george_rutkay (yaktur) said : 		#5

I figured it out!!! In my BIOS there is a field for the Video buffer. Only 2 settings - 1 MB and 8MB

For the above-mentioned symptoms, it was set at 1 MB. Setting it to 8 MB solved it!