Activating graphical boot after “server” install

Question

I installed Ubuntu 14.04 server on a box and then turned that box into a normal desktop installation with the installation of packages like ubuntu-desktop. Everything is working fine except the boot sequences: instead of the normal graphical loading animation I see the output of startup services in the text console before the graphical login manager is launched.

I suppose that the default Ubuntu installation writes somewhere "...and use the graphical boot animation", while the installer of the server version does not.

How can I manually set the boot sequence to avoid the text console and use the boot splash screen?

Answer 1

Open the file /etc/default/grub in an editor as root. Add the arguments quiet splash to the line

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="some other arguments"

so it will look like

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="some other arguments quiet splash"

Then save, exit and run sudo update-grub to include these changes into the bootloader.