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how do i remove or disable the boot splash screen on lucid lynx 10.04?

Asked by jetpeach

The old method of eliminated the splash screen by editing the /boot/grub/menu.lst file
 (answered here https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/7197)
no longer works on lucid, since this file doesn't exist. How do I edit the boot config so that their is no splash screen? (especially for the many of us with proprietary video drivers that make the splash screen look terrible, related to this bug and its duplicates. (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/563878)

Thanks!

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Best George Standish (george-standish-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Jetpeach,

    $ gksu gedit /etc/default/grub

        Change the line:

        GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
            to
        GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=" "

    $ sudo update-grub

Good luck,
George

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jetpeach (jetster) said : 		#2

After some additional googling, I found an answer on a website.
Edit the text file
/etc/default/grub
with your favorate editor, e.g.,
sudo nano /etc/default/grub

locate the line
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
and change it to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""

save, exit, and in a terminal type
sudo update-grub

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jetpeach (jetster) said : 		#3

Thanks George Standish, that solved my question.

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George Standish (george-standish-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#4

Jetpeach,

By chance do you have the link to the website you got that from?

Thanks,
George

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#5

Well, the Wiki has it all George ;-)
Quote:
If you want a black screen with scrolling boot messages, remove "quiet splash"
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2#grub%20%28/etc/default/grub%29