Boot Splash Ugly

[Wallace]

My gawd the boot splash is so ugly after installing the Nvidia drivers. The font's are huge and ugly on start-up and shut-down. Can anything be done to fix this ugly?

[GerardV]

You can install the grub configuration module by typing " sudo apt-get install kd-config-grub2". You can then configure your bootscreen in System Settings - Startup and Shutdown.

[whatthefunk]

Same problem here. Dont know what happened between 12.04 and 12.10 but startup sure did get uglier.

[Wallace]

From what I understand this is a plymouth issue in which the resolution gets messed up after installing the proprietary Nvidia drivers. Looking for a fix now! I actually think plymouth is ugly and am looking for a way to disable it and just text-mode boot.

Here is one way I've found to fix it, but I'll wait till someone more knowledgeable chimes in before I try it.

http://www.tuxgarage.com/2011/05/sim...-plymouth.html

[whatthefunk]

You can install the grub configuration module by typing " sudo apt-get install kd-config-grub2". You can then configure your bootscreen in System Settings - Startup and Shutdown.

This only allows you to configure grub. The problem is post grub, most likely a plymouth issue, as Wallace said.

[whatthefunk]

This did it for me:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/6033/...-splash-screen

[Wallace]

Yup the second option worked for me..thanks!

[MoonRise]

This is what I always have to do due to that problem. Go to the grub file located in (/etc/default/). Edit the line that has (GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash") and change it to (GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet vga=792 splash"). I do also change the GRUB_GFXMODE setting to 1024x768. You have to edit that file as root. Once done, go to the konsole and run (sudo update-grub2). Information about VGA setting for the linux cmd line settings is abundant but I do believe if you search here there is some information too.

[Arran]

My gawd the boot splash is so ugly after installing the Nvidia drivers. The font's are huge and ugly on start-up and shut-down. Can anything be done to fix this ugly?

Hello

Does this file not exist for 12.10? I got as response:

kd-config-grub2 kann nicht gefunden werden

(can not be found)

[whatthefunk]

Hello

Does this file not exist for 12.10? I got as response:

kd-config-grub2 kann nicht gefunden werden

(can not be found)

It should be kde-config-grub2

[Arran]

Yes, thank you. How stupid of me, not to have stumbled over this myself.