ubuntu gui question

[Scott (angrykeyboarder)]

betty wrote:
> one thing i really like about RH gui is that when it starts up or shuts 
> down it shows a list of the processes....
> on ubuntu, it doesn't do that. anyone use the ubuntu gui and know how i 
> can get to see the processes that are opening or closing?
> thx in advance.
> 

Remove the "quiet" option from GRUB's boot instructions (I'm not using
the right term here I'm sure but you get the idea.).


$ cd /boot/grub
$ sudo cp menu.lst menu.lst.bak
$ sudo [insert editor of choice here] menu.lst

Scroll to near the bottom and remove the word "quiet" from the kernel line.

The line(s) you are concerned with are below the "End Default Options" line.

Here is mine for example

## ## End Default Options ##

title           Ubuntu gutsy (development branch), kernel 2.6.22-12-generic
root            (hd0,1)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-12-generic
root=UUID=04fe94ea-5278-4888-8103-ea1f3d85097b ro quiet splash
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-12-generic
quiet

title           Ubuntu gutsy (development branch), kernel
2.6.22-12-generic (recovery mode)
root            (hd0,1)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-12-generic
root=UUID=04fe94ea-5278-4888-8103-ea1f3d85097b ro single
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-12-generic

title           Ubuntu gutsy (development branch), memtest86+
root            (hd0,1)
kernel          /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

-----------------------------------------------------

So to get the startup messages I'd change the kernel
"/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-12-generic
root=UUID=04fe94ea-5278-4888-8103-ea1f3d85097b ro quiet splash" line to
"/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-12-generic
root=UUID=04fe94ea-5278-4888-8103-ea1f3d85097b splash"

Save your file and voila! The next time you boot you will see the
startup messages (albiet with a small typeface in a poorly contrasting
blue color) just below the progress bar/throbber.




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