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    How to get rid of this weird boot screen?

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      skr1b
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      Can someone please help me with getting rid of this boot screen? I must have done something because it was never like this or this big of text. Thanks

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
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        That's the RPI boot loader screen, did you update your RPI boot EEPROM ? Are you using an external disc/USB stick for your system ?

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          skr1b @mitu
          last edited by skr1b

          @mitu I might have updated it? Not 100% sure. Any way to change it now?
          No not booting up from a usb or anything. Just from my sd card.

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator
            last edited by mitu

            The bootloader screen should just be a flash at start-up, does it stay longer for you when you boot ? Without downgrading the EEPROM, I don't recall any options to configure the boot loader (they're listed here).

            EDIT: Actually, you might choose to use the DISABLE_HDMI option to hide the diagnostics screen, see here.

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              skr1b @mitu
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              @mitu thanks , I will try this out and report back. Appreciate it.

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                zerojay
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                Just remember that if you disable all the bootup text like this, you won't be able to tell what's wrong when something stops working, so I really highly would discourage people from doing so.

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                • ClydeC
                  Clyde @zerojay
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                  @zerojay As long as the system boots up, one can still check the logs for errors. And if it doesn't, re-enabling the boot texts would be only one part of an overall process that requires more knowledge and effort than the average layman possesses. So, although caution is generally advisable, I don't see so much potential harm in hiding the texts. That said, I'd warn people who want to do that and let them decide if it's worth the risks.

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                    skr1b @mitu
                    last edited by skr1b

                    @mitu Can you help me understand how to do this first and last step? Do i do this via WinSCP or in runcommand? Need some guidance please

                    1. Copy the EEPROM image of interest from /lib/firmware/raspberrypi/bootloader/ to pieeprom.bin
                      rpi-eeprom-config pieeprom.bin > bootconf.txt

                    last step) Apply the configuration change to the EEPROM image file
                    rpi-eeprom-config --out pieeprom-new.bin --config bootconf.txt pieeprom.bin

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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator
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                      You'll need to use Putty or another SSH client to log in remotely to your Pi and execute those commands from the command line. If you're not familiar with the command line or a text editor, I'd advise to use something like RPI EEPROM Manager which takes care of editing the configuration for you.

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                        skr1b @mitu
                        last edited by skr1b

                        @mitu what exactly do i type into the command line is where i am confused

                        EDIT: I am now trying to use that "RPI EEPROM MANGER" and maybe this will be easier. Where do I extract this file to? I have it on my desktop but its not finding it " chmod: cannont access 'rpi-eeprom-mgr' : No such file or directory"

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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator @skr1b
                          last edited by mitu

                          @skr1b said in How to get rid of this weird boot screen?:

                          I have it on my desktop but its not finding it " chmod: cannont access 'rpi-eeprom-mgr' : No such file or directory"

                          You need to be in the folder where rpi-eeprom-mgr is unpacked for the command to work. From the command line you use cd <path_to_rpi_eeprom_mgr> to change to that folder before issuing the chmod command.

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                            skr1b @mitu
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                            @mitu so sorry man im not getting this fully. I really appreciate your help. Here is the error i am getting when i put that in the command line.

                            -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'

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                            • mituM
                              mitu Global Moderator
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                              What is the exact command you're executing ? You've only posted the error.

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                                skr1b @mitu
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                                @mitu

                                cd Desktop

                                chmod + x rpi-eeprom-mgr

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                                  Yobiwan
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                                  • mituM
                                    mitu Global Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    @skr1b said in How to get rid of this weird boot screen?:

                                    chmod + x rpi-eeprom-mgr

                                    It probably needs to be

                                    chmod +x rpi-eeprom-mgr
                                    
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