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How do i stop X from showing when i boot up? I do not like seeing a black and white background before KDE loads, it can be quite annoying!

I would prefer to see a black screen, or have a custom set background that matches rather than the black and white that always appears before the login screen.

Errmmm, why do you watch your system booting? Power the machine, do something different (like, get a coffee ;)) and when you're back it's ready to go :)

but it only takes about 30 seconds to boot... :s do you know if there is a way to do it? I dont see it in other Debian based distros like Freespire, Dream Linux etc :(

I suppose one could, by editing a relevant file. Unfortunately I don't know what file to edit. You may want to check the /etc/X11 directory to search for it. Btw, are you sure it's X and not remnants from the swapfile about the screen?

yeah because if i load x without KDE it looks the same as what i am seeing.

The file to edit depends on how you startup X, gdm, kdm, xdm, startx... Or you could try to figure out how the Xsession.d files work, I never managed.

Once you find the file the command to run is xsetroot -solid black.

@Dutch Master: not sure how the swapfile could be on the screen??:confused:

Yes, in the beginning of /etc/X11/Xsession, add the line xsetroot -solid black

@ntubski: at the end of the bootsequence, just before Gnome comes up, I see the remnants of the screen as it was before the last shutdown. It also happens when I reboot after a Live-CD session. That means that it has to come from the swapfile, just before it's flushed (I have my PC on mains 24/7, so volatile memory (aka RAM) is still powered, even when the machine was off for the night) Worth noting: I have 1 GB RAM on a nForce 2 chipset.