Still got system messages on boot

sad_muso

I've followed various guides to suppress the system text - sometimes when I boot I see no text at all, straight into video splash and ES; other times I get this lot. Can I take any further steps to stop this? Also not sure why usbmount is failing, as its definitely actually working! Image

I can provide logging if required

mitu

To hide the startup messages from systemd, you can add quiet at the end of /boot/cmdline.txt. I think that's covered in the docs. The failure message from usbmount is benign and it can be ignored (sda doesn't contains an actual filesystem since it's the whole disc, sda1 is auto-mounted).

ClassicGMR

Wow I didn't know you could do that. I will have to try it. That should make it a much more clean look on boot.

EDIT: Love it. Nice little touch to add to my setup. :)

wmarcio

With verbose mode it is possible to identify possible failures during startup or after loading the operating system. If it were you, I wouldn't break the first rule of emulation ...

sad_muso

@wmarcio The first rule? As in it's bad to hide away all messages?

sad_muso

@mitu Thanks, I'll go through docs again and see if there's anything I've missed. Ideally I'd like to kill ALL messages for a clean look. Sometimes I do get none, at other times I'll get them on initial boot and between splash video and ES loading screen

Clyde

@wmarcio said in Still got system messages on boot:

If it were you, I wouldn't break the first rule of emulation ...

"Never actually play the games if you could do some more tinkering instead?" 😉

Krakatoa

@Clyde lol this is so true.

wmarcio

@sad_muso said in Still got system messages on boot:

@wmarcio The first rule? As in it's bad to hide away all messages?

First rule of emulation: don't mess with where it's working.

ClassicGMR

@wmarcio said in Still got system messages on boot:

@sad_muso said in Still got system messages on boot:

@wmarcio The first rule? As in it's bad to hide away all messages?

First rule of emulation: don't mess with where it's working.

Hell that's why I use RetroPie! It's to mess with everything. Worst case scenario I restore my 128GB card with the backup I make before I screw around with everything. :)

Clyde

@ClassicGMR That's another rule: "Never do anything stupid without a backup (including not making the backup)."