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Redbob
Asked: 2018-02-10 03:38:59 +0800 CST

Ubuntu 16.04 empty purple screen after purging GUI interfaces

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I installed Ubuntu Desktop 16.04 to raise a FOG server. After that, with all needed installed, decided to turn it to "Server", better saying, I purged these packages:

  • Unity;
  • Plymouth

ubuntu-desktop was purged with Unity automatically.

But, when I boot this server, instead of that classical black server splash (grub menu), I see the blank purple screen. And it takes over 2 minutes to show user login prompt, unless I force it by typing CtrlAltF1

Do I have to change something in grub config file? Anything else to purge or to install? I don't wanna to reinstall it, because here at work I cannot reach Ondrej repository, critical to reinstall FOG.

plymouth command-line grub2 unity

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    edit the file /etc/default/grub. change the following line to:

    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"

    You can even remove the "quiet" if you want a more verbose boot. then run:

    sudo update-grub
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