How Can I Suppress "Load Fallback Graphics Devices" and "Plymouth Upstart Bridge" Messages During Ubuntu Server 14.04 Boot-Up?

Question

When booting Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS, I see messages such as:

* Starting load fallback graphics devices [FAIL]

and

init: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process terminated with status 1

and

init: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process ended, respawning

I'm running Linux version 3.13.0-32-generic in a VMware ESXi 5.1.0 virtual machine, and have no need for DRM, a graphical splash screen, kernel mode setting, Plymouth, Wayland or X-Windows. A text console is fine by me. I would remove Plymouth if I could, but there are too many dependencies in the way.

possible duplicate of How can I disable the purple splash screen at boot? — Panther, Jul 25 '14 at 21:51
Plymouth should not have that many dependencies, and what do you need those dependencies for anyways ? — Panther, Jul 25 '14 at 21:51
It's Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS with a minimal set of packages. There is no desktop environment, no desktop manager, and no splash option on the kernel command line. — Michael G. Morey, Jul 25 '14 at 21:59
can you post the kernel line from grub ? Probably easiest to remove plymouth or disable the upstart script. — Panther, Jul 25 '14 at 22:00
Also, presently there is no splash screen, only the annoying messages. — Michael G. Morey, Jul 25 '14 at 22:14
Command line: root=/dev/disk/by-label/wgrd.root ro noplymouth initrd=/boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-32-generic BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-32-generic — Michael G. Morey, Jul 25 '14 at 22:15

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

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After obtaining additional information in the comments, adding "quiet" to the grub options resolved the problem.

On a server, use nano or vi(m) to edit /etc/default/grub

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

Look for the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT line

add quiet at the end of the option, in this case

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="ro noplymouth quiet"

Next, update grub

sudo update-grub

For additional information, See How do I add a kernel boot parameter?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

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answered Jul 26 '14 at 03:40

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a downvote after many months after converting a comment to an answer, really ? Not that I need the reputation, but I have to say that is petty. – Panther Nov 12 '14 at 12:55

How Can I Suppress "Load Fallback Graphics Devices" and "Plymouth Upstart Bridge" Messages During Ubuntu Server 14.04 Boot-Up?

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