Boot: remove Nvidia logo and disable Plymouth

[palimmo]

Hi,

do you know how to remove the nvidia logo from the splash boot screen sequence?

Beside this I'd like to disable Plymouth, since it shows only 3 ugly, gray dots during the boot process. Or, if possible, fix it.

Thanks!

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inxi -Fzx
System:    Host: mx Kernel: 4.19.0-6-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.14.1 Distro: MX-19_x64 patito feo October 21  2019 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Packard Bell product: EasyNote TJ65 v: 0100 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Packard Bell model: SJV50MV v: Rev serial: <filter> BIOS: Phoenix v: 1.28 
           date: 10/06/2009 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 3.7 Wh condition: 3.8/48.6 Wh (8%) model: Panasonic AS09A51 
           status: Unknown 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Pentium T4300 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn rev: A 
           L2 cache: 1024 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 bogomips: 8378 
           Speed: 1197 MHz min/max: 1200/2100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1197 2: 1197 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA G98M [GeForce G 105M] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: nvidia 
           v: 340.107 bus ID: 01:00.0 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: nvidia resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: N/A v: N/A direct render: N/A 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.0-6-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Broadcom Limited NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe 
           vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: tg3 v: 3.137 port: 2000 bus ID: 02:00.0 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Lite-On 
           driver: ath9k v: kernel port: 2000 bus ID: 03:00.0 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 298.09 GiB used: 115.31 GiB (38.7%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0 size: 298.09 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 14.70 GiB used: 6.26 GiB (42.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda9 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 3.96 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda7 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 43 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:      Processes: 168 Uptime: 1h 19m Memory: 3.85 GiB used: 1.34 GiB (34.8%) Init: SysVinit 
           runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.3 inxi: 3.0.36 

[chrispop99]

For Plymouth, MX Tools>MX Boot Options, under 'Splash', untick 'Enable theme'.

Alternatively you could select a different theme, and preview it. I like 'ribbon' personally.

Chris

[JayM]

The Nvidia splash screen is part of their proprietary closed-source driver so the only way to get rid of it is to stop using their driver and go back to using Nouveau, which is open-source and doesn't have a splash screen.

[Eadwine Rose]

Or use a newer driver, the newer ones don't have the logo anymore (which I personally find is a sad thing, I kinda liked it..).

Of course it all depends on compatibility on that one.

[asqwerth]

For Plymouth, MX Tools>MX Boot Options, under 'Splash', untick 'Enable theme'.

Alternatively you could select a different theme, and preview it. I like 'ribbon' personally.

Chris

Having 3 dots means plymouth isn't working properly with his graphics hardware.

[palimmo]

In the past I found a simple workaround to remove the logo at boot and still using nvidia official drivers.
But I cannot find it anymore...

[JayM]

A web search returns several results which may contain a solution:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=linux+remove+ ... 7-1&ia=web

[palimmo]

Found. It works!
Add

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Option "NoLogo" "1"

in the Device section of

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

[palimmo]

No way to get a functioning plymouth with nvidia drivers?

Linux Mint (in dual boot on this machine) launches correctly the splash screen and I use nvidia drivers as well.

[Huckleberry Finn]

No way to get a functioning plymouth with nvidia drivers?

But, have you tried another theme as suggested by Chris? Also agree with the Ribbon theme.
In fact I removed plymouth on both laptops, but before that, the Nvidia one was working flawlessly with splash..