A workaround for Lucid is to uninstall every package called "plymouth- theme-*". That way you have just text, which is actually the way I like it. I never understood why there is no way to monitor the boot processes in Ubuntu.
-- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
