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How to hide boot up messages and icons on Raspberry Pi
Posted: Fri May 06, 2016 8:53 pm
by Popcorn
I just confirmed this with my RPI2. Should work the same on the RPI0.
ssh into your PI. If you have a wifi adapter, this should work from another computer on the same network:
Default password is "raspberry" and edit the boot options
You will see a single line with all the boot options. Scroll along and change the following making sure not to add any linebreaks:
- - Replace "console=tty1" by "console=tty3" to redirect boot messages to the third console.
- Add "loglevel=3" to disable non-critical kernel log messages.
- Add "logo.nologo" to the end of the line to remove the Raspberry PI logos from displaying
Press CTRL+X to exit and Y to save your changes.
Next edit the config file with the following:
- - add "disable_splash=1" at the end of the file.
Press CTRL+X to exit and Y to save your changes.
There you go. When it boots up now, it will just cleanly display the Retropie screen (or Wermy's bootup video if you go with that).
Re: How to hide boot up messages and icons on Raspberry Pi
Posted: Fri May 06, 2016 9:03 pm
by crispy_tofu
Thanks for sharing, this will be really useful.
Re: How to hide boot up messages and icons on Raspberry Pi
Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 11:37 am
by dirtybeagles
Would be helpful to post this in a video to share?
Re: How to hide boot up messages and icons on Raspberry Pi
Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 12:10 pm
by 1461748123
Move topic to help forum
Re: How to hide boot up messages and icons on Raspberry Pi
Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 2:51 pm
by Popcorn
dirtybeagles wrote:Would be helpful to post this in a video to share?
Yeah, this might be daunting for those not used to the command line. I can simplify it, or even better, write a script that does this all for you. I'll come back and revisit this. Thanks.
Re: How to hide boot up messages and icons on Raspberry Pi
Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 3:50 pm
by dirtybeagles
Popcorn wrote:dirtybeagles wrote:Would be helpful to post this in a video to share?
Yeah, this might be daunting for those not used to the command line. I can simplify it, or even better, write a script that does this all for you. I'll come back and revisit this. Thanks.
Thanks a ton for the help Popcorn. Love the name btw!
Re: How to hide boot up messages and icons on Raspberry Pi
Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 2:12 pm
by Popcorn
Move me to the Raspberry Pi forum please
Re: How to hide boot up messages and icons on Raspberry Pi
Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 6:50 am
by dirtybeagles
Popcorn wrote:Move me to the Raspberry Pi forum please
Hey popcorn, if I do this change, could I still get the bootup video of the GB logo?
Re: How to hide boot up messages and icons on Raspberry Pi
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 11:29 am
by Ganreizu
dirtybeagles wrote:Popcorn wrote:Move me to the Raspberry Pi forum please
Hey popcorn, if I do this change, could I still get the bootup video of the GB logo?
I think the GB logo video hides the bootup messages anyway. I'm about to try setting the boot video right now.
Re: How to hide boot up messages and icons on Raspberry Pi
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 2:04 pm
by Robots86
Ganreizu wrote:dirtybeagles wrote:Popcorn wrote:Move me to the Raspberry Pi forum please
Hey popcorn, if I do this change, could I still get the bootup video of the GB logo?
I think the GB logo video hides the bootup messages anyway. I'm about to try setting the boot video right now.
Let us know how you get on I'm having trouble with this. Sometimes it will work but the majority of the time it flashes as if its trying to start but fails and i just continue to see the console text.... I cant figure out a fix