Example checkinstall arguments

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:59:14 +0000

> sudo checkinstall -D --pkgname openldap_proxy --pkgversion=2.4.22-hrc --arch=amd64 \
  --maintainer=sysadmin@example.com --nodoc

Displaying Boot Messages on Ubuntu

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:40:34 +0000

To display Ubuntu boot messages one time, do the following:

Press “e” while the GRUB screen to select a kernel version is displayed.
Edit the kernel line, again by pressing “e”, to remove any references to “quiet” – it is generally at the end of the line, with “splash”.
Edit the fifth line, below the “initrd” line – the “quiet” all by itself on a line – so that it is empty.

To permanently display boot messages, edit /boot/grub/menu.lst:

Edit (but do not uncomment) the “defoptions” line so that it reads:
```
# defoptions=splash
```
Edit your default entry (defined with the default entry near the top of the file) as in the one-time steps, removing “quiet” in both locations.
Reboot.