Removing the splash screen on shutdown an startup. I want to be able to see the processes

I know this has been asked but on slightly different terms. I would like to remove it so that I can see the code behind. Not one off but every time it is shutdown and started. Thaknk you in advance.

I recommend just editing your /etc/default/grub.

Change

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"  

to

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""

Remember to update grub afterward with sudo update-grub at the command line.

Comment: Originally, I put GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text". Note this will end your boot process at the command line. After (possibly) having to login with username and password, startx at the prompt will start up your usual GUI.

For a single boot process, you can interrupt Grub e (edit), move the cursor to the kernel you want to start, e edit the line with the kernel and remove the

splash quiet

or change them to

nosplash noquiet

A persistent solution would be to modify your /boot/grub/menu.lst file from:

kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-39-generic root=UUID=01-cafe ro quiet splash locale=de_DE

to:

kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-39-generic root=UUID=01-cafe ro locale=de_DE

(your locale might vary). After installing a new kernel, the new one will again have the default settings. Modify in /etc/default/grub

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

to

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="noquiet nosplash"

if you have such a file. See

info grub 

on how to change your grub settings in general. There is a graphical customize for grub: https://launchpad.net/grub-customizer but I haven't tested it.