Disable splash screen on bootup

Support & Help Requests
#1

how can I disable the splash screen and just show the text of bootup?
Do i just remove edit} grub “quiet startup” ? replace it with anything?

Thanks in advance

Help a noob out new to Ubuntu
#2

I think you do the following:

Edit grub. To do so, paste this in a terminal: sudo pluma /etc/default/grub

Look for the line

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=“quiet splash”

and change it to

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""

Then save the file.

Then in a terminal paste this: sudo update-grub

#3

Hi @Michael_Ward, welcome!

Do you think this would be a suitable option for you?:relaxed:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Plymouth

Code:

sudo apt-get install plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text

Then run:

Code:

sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
sudo update-initramfs -u

#4

Whoops, sorry @stevecook172001; we posted together! :scream::grin:

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#5

I add one more line to /etc/default/grub:

GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text

#6

thank you…off to try it :slight_smile:

#7

worked perfectly…thank you

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#8

I have been trying to find the solution, that additional line was not discussed anywhere I searched

Thanx for the info