new kubuntu boot looks terrible

paddy · 02-13-2006, 02:42 AM

is there a way from stopping the kubuntu boot look like a toy and making it a grown-up linux again, no graphics just text?

satinet · 02-13-2006, 04:39 AM

i believe this can be configured in /boot/grub/menu.lst

change the vga setting from 791 to normal might do it. anyway, i might be wrong here.

paddy · 02-13-2006, 05:00 AM

can't find any VGA settings at all in the menu.lst ??

angkor · 02-13-2006, 06:44 AM

just remove the word splash from the kernel line in grub's menu.lst

paddy · 02-13-2006, 06:48 AM

ah, much better. thanks a lot.

Penguin of Wonder · 02-15-2006, 10:45 PM

Rock! I've been trying to find out how to do this for a while now, because I agree, the only splash is a bit childish.

Does anyone know how to take it a step further, so that Tux sits in top left hand corner while its loading up?

satinet · 02-16-2006, 02:27 AM

tux in the top left corner comes from options in the kernel compile, regarding frame buffer console etc. i suspect the ubuntu kernels dont include these options, as they are using the boot splash screen. you could do a "make menuconfig" from with in the source /usr/src/<version>, to find out...

Thulemanden · 02-16-2006, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by paddy

is there a way from stopping the kubuntu boot look like a toy and making it a grown-up linux again, no graphics just text?

Albert Einstein said we should all play more.