/me larts self for going too many mph on this one Usplash not showing text is intended, grubs verbosity also was removed. However, if you have a timeout, you should still get the text 'Press ESC for menu' (and a menu if you press ESC ;)). Please check whether you indeed have a timeout in menu.lst
** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu) Status: Rejected => Unconfirmed -- No text display in grub window https://launchpad.net/bugs/64810 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs