During boot the ESC key should get you out of the splash screen application. At least on Kubuntu this works.
The GRUB menu should be shown if in /etc/default/grub you remove "splash" from the command line and then run 'update-grub'. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1965689 Title: Black screen instead grub menu at boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1965689/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs