Interestingly some time after the report I have noticed this behavior on my laptop with fglrx too. But after upgrading both systems to the Linux kernel 3.12 (Ubuntu 14.04 dev with linux-image-generic 3.12.0.2.4) the bug is gone. I'm seeing the complete output on booting and setting quiet will suppress it as expected. So it seems this was more a kernel issue than an issue with grub.
** Also affects: grub Importance: Undecided Status: New ** No longer affects: grub ** Package changed: grub2 (Ubuntu) => linux-meta (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: linux-meta (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/840987 Title: Implicit "quiet" on empty GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta/+bug/840987/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs