[SOLVED] Escaping from Kubuntu Boot screen during boot

[luggw1]

Is there a way to escape from the Plymouth boot screen during boot so that I can see what is happening during the boot process?

Thanks.
Bill Lugg

[woodsmoke]

Re: Escaping from Kubuntu Boot screen during boot

don't remeber the command but you could do the "failsafe" boot and it will run all process as they are done.

woodsmoke

[claydoh]

Re: Escaping from Kubuntu Boot screen during boot

Is there a way to escape from the Plymouth boot screen

'escape' is the key

(sorry, couldn't resist that one )

Your esc key should drop you to the terminal output for that boot

You can make it permanent if you want by editing (using kate with kdesudo)
/etc/default/grub
and make the line

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

to read

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""

then run the command

sudo update-grub

This will make it permanent, however

iirc the deleting the 'quiet' option will make more output to the screen, not much does in general anymore so you can try it with or without that one. Hitting the escape key may not produce enough screen output as it only toggles plymouth/ terminal

Also, you can temporarily edit the grub boot option from the grub menu by selecting the desired menu entry, hitting 'e', editing the line to remove 'splash' and/or 'quiet', and following the instruction shown for which keys to use to boot with those edits

[luggw1]

Re: Escaping from Kubuntu Boot screen during boot

Thanks for the replies. This helps me get some data for another boot problem I'm having.

Bill