Not sure if this helps you philinux, but removing stop on starting-dm seemed to shorten the "inbetween" black screen between 1-2 seconds depending on reboot/startup from cold. At least, on first impressions (admittedly, it could just be a placebo working here).
File edited: /etc/init/usplash.conf Change made: #stop on (starting-dm # or stopped rc RUNLEVEL=[2345] stop on (stopped rc RUNLEVEL=[2345] or starting rcS or starting mountall-shell) After change: sudo update-initramfs -u -k all Updating the initrd is needed because quote from the file: "On boot, this is nominally started by the initramfs so the pre-start script, script and post-start script parts are actually not run." Regards Iain -- Karmic: Boot up problem, after usplash logo is a blank screen for about 14 seconds before xsplash appears briefly. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/453337 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