PlaceboNation

First, for safely, you’ll want to make a backup of your original GRUB menu:

sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst.orig

Second, Edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst and remove any mention of ’splash’ found in the file. You should find one for each configured kernel as well as one slightly above that in the comments. The latter entry defines the default new-entry behavior, and if it is left in place it will re-add the splash to new entries.

Once this is removed you should see the boot output one you restart your machine again. Also, for those running Origami, this should fix any start-time problems until the real core of the issue can be resolved.

Startup Manager

If you’d like to really get in and tweak your boot-time parameters there is a nice GUI tool called Startup Manager. This tool allows you to do what we did above, just via mouse-clicks and a whole lot more. If you’re uncomfortable with the command line, or want to see what else you can do with your boot configuration, check out Startup Manager.

sudo aptitude install startupmanager