Hi Again, Everyone,

I've been trying to tweak my boot processes and in trying to edit the framebuffer in /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash from "n" to "y". Having no clue as to how to do this, I entered this command which I found in a tutorial:


I now have TWO lines that say framebuffer- one says "Y" and the other "n" -that can't be good!

What I need to do is get rid of the one that says "n".

If someone could please post the exact command? (Ubuntu 10.04)

Also, in the future, what would be the proper code to just edit that file, so that I could have simply changed the n to y? (I tried gedit with the filepath, but it didn't work- Nautilus would open, but there would be no text to edit.....)

I'll get the hang of this before too long....

If you don't know how to edit the file to remove the culprit line then I suggest 2 things:

1) learning VIM by typing vimtutor
2) using this command to remove the line in question:

That will find the line in question and remove it from your file

Thanks. I had tried something before you posted- and inadvertently ended up removing the /splash file (!!!!) - I then was able to regenerate it with the proper parameter. So just by dumb luck, I'm back to where I need to be. I will stop messing with this until I read the tutorial!!

I see that I don't have VIM installed.

I also learned that I can simply use

and do it the GUI way- which seems a lot easier than trying to learn a bunch of commands for very occasional use.

the commands = power :-)

Try learning a few!

will open a really easy to use editor whereby you can open and edit text files. It pretty much looks and feels like MS notepad.exe