{"id":9023,"date":"2019-06-05T15:59:42","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T15:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=9023"},"modified":"2019-06-05T15:59:42","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T15:59:42","slug":"disable-purple-splash-screen-boot-ubuntu-18-04-higher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/06\/disable-purple-splash-screen-boot-ubuntu-18-04-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"Disable Purple Splash Screen on Boot in Ubuntu 18.04 \/ Higher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/upgrade-ubuntu245.png\" alt=\"Ubuntu 18.04\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6103\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This quick tutorial shows beginners how to disable Ubuntu purple splash screen on boot, instead, print kernel startup messages in black and white.<\/p>\n<p>The default Ubuntu splash screen on boot with the indicator meter of progress:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ubuntu-bootsplash-450x276.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"276\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ubuntu-bootsplash-450x276.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ubuntu-bootsplash-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ubuntu-bootsplash-600x368.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ubuntu-bootsplash.jpg 795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> To get started, open terminal either via <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> keyboard shortcut or by searching for &#8216;terminal&#8217; from application menu.<\/p>\n<p>When terminal opens, run command to open grub configuration file via text editor:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo gedit \/etc\/default\/grub<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/edit-grub-600x94.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"94\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/edit-grub-600x94.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/edit-grub-450x70.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/edit-grub.jpg 749w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> When the file opens, do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find out the line says <code>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=\"quiet splash\"<\/code><\/li>\n<li>Remove <code>splash<\/code> from in double quotes to disable purple splash screen.<\/li>\n<li>Also remove <code>quiet<\/code> to enable kernel startup messages.<\/li>\n<li>There might be other parameters in the quotes, leave them unchanged<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the case (see picture) the line should be finally changed to <\/p>\n<pre style=\"background:none;\">GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=\"\"<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/edit-grub-conf.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/edit-grub-conf-600x329.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"329\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/edit-grub-conf-600x329.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/edit-grub-conf-450x247.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/edit-grub-conf-768x421.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/edit-grub-conf.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> (Optional) If you ever tried plymouth themes, make sure <code>plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text<\/code> is not installed.<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt remove plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/remove-plymouth-text-1-600x102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"102\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/remove-plymouth-text-1-600x102.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/remove-plymouth-text-1-450x77.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/remove-plymouth-text-1.jpg 688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>4.<\/b> Finally apply changes by running command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo update-grub2<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/update-grub2-600x110.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"110\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/update-grub2-600x110.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/update-grub2-450x82.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/update-grub2.jpg 689w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the next boot you&#8217;ll see the text only startup messages.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/startupmessage-450x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/startupmessage-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/startupmessage-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/startupmessage-600x451.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/startupmessage.jpg 796w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This quick tutorial shows beginners how to disable Ubuntu purple splash screen on boot, instead, print kernel startup messages in black and white. The default Ubuntu splash screen on boot with the indicator meter of progress: 1. To get started, open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or by searching for &#8216;terminal&#8217; from application menu. 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