I’m writing to discuss the boot process messages displayed after the GRUB menu and before the Garuda Plymouth theme appears. Currently, my system shows “Booting Garuda,” “Loading kernel Linux-zen—,” and “Loading initial ramdisk —.”
I’ve researched this extensively, both within this forum and with the assistance of AI tools, but haven’t found a reliable solution to hide these messages. It seems this is a common characteristic of Arch-based distributions, unlike Ubuntu or Fedora-based systems which typically boot more seamlessly. Interestingly, Manjaro, another Arch-based distribution, manages to avoid displaying these messages, which contributes to a cleaner boot experience.
While I understand these messages might provide some technical information, I believe they detract from the overall aesthetic of Garuda’s boot process. A smoother, more visually appealing boot, similar to what Manjaro offers, would significantly enhance the initial user experience. I feel these messages are unnecessary for most users and their removal would make Garuda’s boot process more polished.
My primary motivation for this suggestion is to improve Garuda’s visual appeal. A clean and streamlined boot process contributes to a feeling of refinement and professionalism. This is a key factor that often draws me back to Manjaro.
Therefore, I’d like to suggest that the Garuda development team consider addressing this in a future release. Hiding these messages would greatly improve the perceived quality of the distribution. I believe many users would appreciate this change.
The dialog can be minimized (couple of lines only i.e. linux zen & ram disk) by opening “Garuda Boot Options”, change “Messages” to “Hush grub (add hush)”
“Silent Grub (add quiet)” also minimizes the dialog.
Thank you for your advise. I tried with adding quiet quiet as I was instructed before. But that did not help. My current operating system is Manjaro KDE. But I like Garuda a lot. I am going to try it again and I hope some day I will have a solution for this. I am happy to hear that, almost all other users are comfortable with those messages. But I am not and I will always search for a solution to remove it. Thanks again.
Delete in your grub.cfg the “echo” lines but after each update (grub) you have these entries again.
Take a look in /etc/grub.d/10_linux
Line 147 / 154 for "Loading kernel/initramfs
!! Pls !! Only changing if you are familiar with grub scripting. !!
I’m absolutely thrilled to tell you that I’ve finally cracked the code on those persistent boot messages that pop up before the Plymouth splash screen on Arch Linux (and I’m confident this will work on Garuda too)! Your suggestion to edit the configuration files was exactly what I needed. This method works reliably, even after system updates.
I really appreciate all the suggestions from the community, but I just couldn’t get them to work in my specific setup. It’s very possible I was doing something wrong on my end.
With your guidance, and after some experimentation (and a little help from Gemini AI), I discovered that commenting out the echo lines responsible for the messages was the key. These lines were in two files:
/boot/grub/grub.cfg
/etc/grub.d/10_linux
I added a # at the beginning of each relevant echo line in both files and then regenerated the GRUB configuration using:
Bashsudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
This finally did it! My Arch Linux system now boots cleanly, showing the Plymouth Arch logo and then the KDE Plasma splash screen without any extra text. I’ve even updated my system a few times since, and the changes have stuck perfectly.
I’m so grateful for your help – your advice was spot on! I’m also really looking forward to using this on Garuda Linux when I install it from the new ISO. I know editing config files can be risky, so I backed up my system first, just in case.
