The2 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Whenever I boot into my Ubuntu 8.04 and shutting down I see text output for some time. I do see ubuntu's progress bar, but It get's interrupted with HAL messages. They are ok (nothing that I haven't seen on other computers). Can I force Ubuntu to display progress bar?! This just looks so unprofessional, like I'm booting some beta version of some OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown_97784568745 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 This just looks so unprofessional, like I'm booting some beta version of some OS. Actually, that's how it's supposed to look. Ubuntu just hides it with a fancy logo and progress bar. Can't help you though, started and stopped using ubuntu with version 7.10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farstrider Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Well, I have just finished an installation of Ubuntu 8.04 on one of my boxes and all I see is the normal screen output on boot, then it says loading grub stage 1.5......... Grub loading ...... then the progress bar starts and then the log on screen! On shutdown or restart all I see is the progress bar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Napalm Frog Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 The only time I see any code is when there are issues booting. For example, every time the kernel updates, I need to reinstall OSS for some weird reason, as ALSA or something else hijacks the soundsystem even though I tried blacklisting it. Thus, Ubuntu tried 10 times to initiate sound, can't then continues to boot. On my gf's laptop, I've yet to see any code. Exception is when the system is unstable after coming out of a hibernate, but even this is rare. However, whenever I shut down, I will see code. I don't know if it's meant to do that, but the code always shows up when trying to disengage my PC's wireless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadaaron Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 why would you care if it looks professional when you shutdown and boot up your machine? Ever OS does this, they just put a splash screen in front of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom01 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Linux as a desktop is every but professional ;) As said, it's more than likely a booting problem e.g Power management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristan Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Whenever I boot into my Ubuntu 8.04 and shutting down I see text output for some time. I do see ubuntu's progress bar, but It get's interrupted with HAL messages. They are ok (nothing that I haven't seen on other computers). Can I force Ubuntu to display progress bar?!This just looks so unprofessional, like I'm booting some beta version of some OS. When I did a fresh install of ubuntu 8.04 I always just saw the progress bar on boot up and shut down. I took an image of the whole partition with Acronis and edited some of my partitions and then restored it without any real problems, but now I see text (doesn't look like error messages) after the progress bar on bootup. When I shut down, I don't see any text but the progress bar is fuzzy and the color is messed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4CxbqFxVnstmA Veteran Posted June 25, 2008 Veteran Share Posted June 25, 2008 You can set it so it shows what is happening 'behind the curtain', which is a cool option. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristan Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 I found the fix the just worked for me. :) This is sometime caused by different values in /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume and the real UUID of the swap partition given by "sudo blkid"Actual Solution : 1. Make sure you have the initramfs-tools update 2. sudo blkid 3. Check that swap line UUID from /etc/fstab matches swap UUID from step 2, if not change fstab. 4. Check that the UUID in /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume matches the swap UUID from step 2, if not change resume file. 5. sudo update-initramfs -u 6. Restart Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dc'1 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Mine started to do this a while back, I changed the bootscreen and it worked. I had to reinstall Ubuntu so I have the regular bootscreen now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The2 Posted June 25, 2008 Author Share Posted June 25, 2008 I found the fix the just worked for me. :) Source Will try this. In Suse this worked flawlessly, but in every Ubuntu so far it get's screwed after some time. And, it's not all (I hate it too!) because of me. It's because of my redneck clients, because when they see white letters on black background think it's DOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted June 25, 2008 Veteran Share Posted June 25, 2008 (edited) Will try this.In Suse this worked flawlessly, but in every Ubuntu so far it get's screwed after some time. And, it's not all (I hate it too!) because of me. It's because of my redneck clients, because when they see white letters on black background think it's DOS. I'm going to guess here, but if your main issue is to not switch to that mode that displays potential minor errors (like UUID mis-matches), then I think that you can use a kernel boot option in your menu.lst file. I would think that "quiet" would do. I am trying to google up some specific information that will list what all the valid options are, and what they do, but no luck on that so far. Try the "quiet" option, if not already in their kernel boot line. EDIT: Found a GRUB page that told me to "See the documentation in the Linux source tree for the complete information on the available options.", so I Googled for Linux Kernel Source Tree, and it came up as the second hit! So I clicked "Documentation" and found what I was after! The Kernel Parameters (<-- click that link) documentation. (Y) Edited June 25, 2008 by markjensen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney T. Administrators Posted June 25, 2008 Administrators Share Posted June 25, 2008 ^ Man, I hate Mark............ he is so freaking smart.......... :yes: He makes the rest of us look sooooo stupid........... :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichi Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 I always boot in "text" mode, but if I was to use a graphical boot with progress bar I'd certainly like all that stuff (errors, warnings, and even fsck's progress) to be implemented in that same screen instead of switching to text or hiding it. There was a way (at least on gentoo, I suppose it would work everywhere) to set up framebuffer so you could use a bitmap background on the console, fitting your OS theme and your screen resolution. It's not the same as a graphical boot but it's consistent (and IMO enough non-geeky to not look scary). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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