With `quiet` kernel option in my grub entry, can I make the boot messages visible?

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I like my machine to boot quietly, if only for aestethic reasons. Sometimes, however, things go wrong, and then I would like to see the boot messages. Can I switch them on during boot, i. e. without rebooting and modifying the GRUB entry?

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 28 '10 at 11:43

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if you don't see your grub menu press shift during a boot. if you see grub, go to the line/kernel you want to boot. press e to edit the config of that kernel. remove quiet and press ctrl+x to boot.

answered Oct 28 '10 at 11:43

Joris

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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Pressing Escape key while the system boots will hide the plymouth splash screen and show you the boot messages.

More information can be found here.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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answered Oct 28 '10 at 12:31

Richard Holloway

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With `quiet` kernel option in my grub entry, can I make the boot messages visible?

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