Howto disable background images at boot

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#1

Please help me with this one…

I have managet to customize my logon screen the way i want it,

Problem is i do not wish to have background imege at bootsplash screen (still want to receive option how to boot just simple text);

And later when system is loading modules and starting i just want to have simple black background on my screen, with nice text (verbose) telling me what is done.

This is my dream :slight_smile:

If u help me with this one i would have apreciate it sooooo much.

Running 11.3 x64 opensuseSUSE

greetings!!!

#2

You are talking about two splash screens, the GRUB one and the Linux boot one.

The first one is configured in /boot/grub/menu.lst with the gfxmenu line. I did not test, but see what happens when you remove this line. (First make a copy of menu.lst of course).

The second is a Kernel parameter and is also in /boot/grub/menu.lst. You will find for each Linux entry a Kernel parameter splash=silent. Change it to* splash=0*.

#3

Yout get the Grub menu in text mode.

#4

And that is what the OP wants if I understand correct.

#5

On 2011-05-20 19:36, stipi69 wrote:
> And later when system is loading modules and starting i just want to
> have simple black background on my screen, with nice text (verbose)
> telling me what is done.

Kernel boot option splash=verbose, grub menu.lst file.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)

#6

Thank you, I think verbose is a better one then 0.

#7

Thanks for the help everyone!

@ hcvv:

your solution is the best for my problem… beautiful black with text, like i want it… indeed you have to change to 0 in every line containing “splash=”

manny thanks, works like a charm!

#8

SuSE Linux boots with a graphical grub menu and splash screen. This can be disruptive to administrators supporting the servers through the RSA/IMM/ILO connection as the graphics can load very slowly .
Disable all boot graphics:

  1. Change VGA mode to normal and remove the splash screen.
    edit /boot/grub/menu.lst
    change the kernel parameters:
    **vga=0x314 **to vga=normal
    splash=silent to splash=0

  2. Remove the graphical grub bootloader menu.
    comment or remove grub parameter, also in /boot/grub/menu.lst:
    **gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/message **
    becomes
    **#gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/message **

  3. Have the server boot to runlevel 3 by default:
    edit /etc/inittab

The default runlevel is defined here

id:5:initdefault:

change to
id:3:initdefault: