3.11 Displaying Boot Messages
During the boot process, Fedora will display the Red Hat Graphical Boot (RHGB) screen which hides from view all of the boot messages generated by the system as it loads. To make these messages visible during the boot process (as shown in Figure 3-18), simply press the keyboard Esc key while the system is starting:
Figure 3-18
The default behavior can be changed so that messages are always displayed by default by editing the /etc/default/grub file and changing the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX setting which, by default, will resemble the following:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="... rhgb quiet"
To remove the graphical boot screen so that messages are visible without pressing the Esc key, remove the “rhgb” option from the setting:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="... rhgb quiet"
This change will cause the system to display only a subset of the boot messages generated by the system. To display all messages generated by the system, also...