I'm trying to change the graphical boot screen, the one with the logo and 5 dots turning on and off to a text-only boot screen, preferably, high res( I guess it's called the boot sequence). I tried uncommenting #GRUB_TERMINAL=console
in /etc/default/grub
but it didn't work. I even added set linux_gfx_mode=text
to /boot/grub/grub.cfg
but that didn't work either. How can I accomplish that?

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Possible duplicate of: Can I disable the Ubuntu splashscreen? Follow the instructions in the accepted answer there. – Alaa Ali Jun 13 '13 at 12:59
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My hands to God, I searched a lot! But didn't find that one, thanks anyways :) – Milad.N Jun 13 '13 at 13:46
1 Answers
On the Ubuntu's plymouth wiki page, you need to remove splash from the kernel command line in grub.
Toggling to Traditional Text-based Boot
If you want to see the text-based boot messages (which use the Plymouth "details" plugin, press the ESCAPE key at any point when Plymouth is running. Note that the ESCAPE key acts as a toggle, so you can keep switching between graphical and text mode as required.
To have the boot start in "text mode" as early as possible, remove "splash" from the kernel command-line in grub.
To make the change permanent, update /etc/default/grub and run "sudo update-grub".
Updating the grub configuration manually is a potentially dangerous operation and can result in a machine that fails to boot without intervention. Do not attempt it unless you understand exactly what you are doing.
And try install the plymouth text theme from the ubuntu repositories.

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Thanks. As a matter of fact I won't update it manually because understand I don't know what I'm doing exactly. I'll try to stick to safe methods. – Milad.N Jun 13 '13 at 13:45
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1I know I promised to play safe, but what the hell man :D. I changed
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
toGRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""
and then run sudo update-grub, and it turned out almost exactly the way I wanted it to. Thanks again – Milad.N Jun 13 '13 at 13:54