Turn off usplash

[whayong]

Hello there! I've been having slow boot times with a Feisty install. I installed bootchart, but don't know how to post it as a thumbnail, lol! Anyway, if I'm reading it correctly, it seems that usplash is what's keeping me from booting up quickly. Is there a way to turn this off? I've been trying a few things but can't seem to figure it out. Thanks guys.

[yabbadabbadont]

Using sudo, edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and remove the word, "splash" from the line that starts with

# defoptions=

Then run, "sudo update-grub". (no quotes of course) The next time you reboot, usplash should not be displayed. You may also want to remove the usplash package using synaptic.

[whayong]

Wow! Thanks for the quick reply. I will try it now and hopefully my laptop boots just as fast as your reply!

[whayong]

Whooohooooo! I shaved 10s from my boot time. I'm now down to 54s. Anyone happen to know what "readhead" is on the boot chart?

[yabbadabbadont]

It basically "cat's" all the binaries needed for startup to /dev/null so that they are all in the file cache and will start faster. I never cared for it myself, but I can see where it could help some people.