How to disable splash animation in Cinnamon 25.04?

[papriak]

Ubuntu Version:

Ubuntu 25.04

Desktop Environment (if applicable):

Cinnamon

Problem Description:

I’d like Ubuntu to show its progress as it boots.

I’ve edited “/etc/default/grub” and ran “update-grub” as the web suggested, but the animations still show instead of being verbose.

Relevant System Information:

Intel i9-10900X
Asus ROG Strix X299-E Gaming II
32GB RAM
4TB NVMe SSD

What I’ve Tried:

I’ve removed the words “quiet” and “splash” in the grub file, but kept the quote marks.

Screenshots or Error Messages:

I recall the output of “update-grub” said something about the word IF at the end of its output.

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[ogra]

@papriak

I’ve edited “/etc/default/grub” and ran “update-grub” as the web suggested, but the animations still show instead of being verbose.

Did you run sudo update-grub after changing the config?

[papriak]

Yes, its output said something about IF at the end of its message, but didn’t apply the change.

[guiverc]

I, for one, can’t imagine what you mean by

@papriak

Yes, its output said something about IF at the end of its message

So it maybe helpful if you copy/paste the command and output of that sudo update-grub command.

[papriak]

Good idea, here’s the terminal after running both commands again:

[rubi1200]

Please post the full output of this:
cat /etc/default/grub

Highlight the text and wrap with code tags by pressing Ctrl+E on the keyboard.

[Buo-Ren_Lin]

For the record, this screenshot indicates that the grub-mkconfig program has erred at (approximately) the first line of the /etc/default/grub file. You may want to verify its content.

[papriak]

Thank you, it turned out I’d accidentally un-commented the first line.

After correcting my error, running update-grub again completed without issues.