Thank you all, I did change /etc/default/grub and was able to see messages. Its so fast that it completes in a jiffy.
However, the main problem is Ctrl + Alt + F2 does not work. May be, this is a bug. Main thing I want to discuss is about root login and password. When I go to manage Users and accounts I can't see root. Also, If I give administrator permission to my login, I can't edit /etc/default/grub. I had to use sudo to edit grub file. Also, Ubuntu gives chance to login without password. This is really against Unix principles. Thanks and Regards, Raghunand. On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 9:20 PM, John Mahoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Anand Arumugam > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 12:18 AM, Rags Linux <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I have installed WinXp (32 Bit), Windows 7 (64 Bit) and Ubuntu (10.4) on >>> my Pentium i5 machine. My monitor is >>> Dell 2010M flat 20 inch wide screen. >>> >>> When I boot Ubuntu I dont see the classic messages I used to see >>> something like below: >>> >>> Starting Crond [OK] >>> Starting Keboard [FAILED] >>> >>> >> ===> This listing of whats going on behind the splash screen was displayed >> in versions older than v8.04 I think. In the file, /boot/grub/menu.lst I >> think there is a flag that you can toggle to see the boot messages instead >> of the splash screen. The comments above the flag, should give you details >> on how to enable/disable the boot messages. But I am telling this from >> memory. I moved on to centOS and Debian after v8.04. >> >> > > This is not the correct way to update the grub on newer systems. After > Ubuntu updates a kernel they overwrite this file and you will lose any > changes. The correct way is as I state4d above: > > To see the grub info edit /etc/default/grub and change line > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="" > > then run "update-grub" in the terminal and reboot. > > -- > John > > > >
