[18:54] <EoflaOE> I have installed Ubuntu 19.10 on VirtualBox after setting necessary settings. Everytime I boot to Ubuntu, it is stuck with the moving dots, but if I made it show messages by arrow keys, it boots instantly to the log-in screen.
[18:55] <lotuspsychje> EoflaOE: did you press F1 to see the text its stuck on?
[18:58] <EoflaOE> lotuspsychje: No.
[18:58] <lotuspsychje> you can switch to text boot at the dots with F1
[18:59] <EoflaOE> OK. I will reboot with pressing F1 to see the text.
[19:00] <EoflaOE> Pressed F1, and it won't switch from the stuck Ubuntu logo to the text that it's stuck on.
[19:02] <lotuspsychje> the dots dont move anymore?
[19:03] <EoflaOE> They are still moving
[19:03] <lotuspsychje> weird you cant switch text then
[19:03] <EoflaOE> Yes, I can't switch.
[19:04] <EoflaOE> Do I start Ubuntu again with nosplash? Or do something else?
[19:04] <lotuspsychje> you can try nomodeset sure
[19:04] <lotuspsychje> !nomodeset
[19:04] <lotuspsychje> or "quiet splash" edit to "" for text boot
[19:05] <EoflaOE> OK. I will reboot with these parameters.
[19:06] <EoflaOE> But my Ubuntu boots to GRUB and then to Ubuntu so fast I can't get it to open the menu using Shift.
[19:12] <EoflaOE> Finally managed to edit /etc/default/grub to remove "quiet splash" parameters, and updated GRUB, but when I reboot, it shows messages and it boots normally. Verified with the second restart, and it again booted.
[19:13] <lotuspsychje> the magic of ubuntu :p
[19:14] <lotuspsychje> was that already on 5.2 kernel EoflaOE ?
[19:14] <EoflaOE> Yes. On Linux 5.2,
[19:14] <EoflaOE> By the way restored "quiet splash", and it booted normally.
[19:15] <lotuspsychje> lovely
[19:16] <EoflaOE> Thanks so much! By the way before this problem occurred, when downloading updates for packages, an electrical outage caused Ubuntu to boot this weird way.
[19:17] <lotuspsychje> ah breaking updates is indeed never a great happening
[19:18] <EoflaOE> It's at the "downloading" stage at the event of the outage, the stage where "apt" should get all the files from the Internet (Ubuntu repo) before installing all.
[19:21] <EoflaOE> One question: Does Ubuntu have dark theme?
[19:22] <Bashing-om> EoflaOE: No fun ^^ ! Did you clean up and clear the cache - update and ' sudo apt -f install ;sudo dpkg --configure -a ; sudo dpkg -C ' to make sure all is good now ?
[19:22] <lotuspsychje> EoflaOE: the dark theme i use on 18.04 is adwaita-dark
[19:22] <lotuspsychje> EoflaOE: install gnome-tweak-tool to easy manage themes
[19:23] <Bashing-om> EoflaOE: dark theme - xubuntu does :) can not say about (u)buntu.
[19:23] <EoflaOE> Bashing-om: The apt -f install one did not do anything (it is all good; no interrupted install), and the two commands returned nothing (also good) | lotuspsychje: Will install that tweak tool.
[19:25] <Bashing-om> EoflaOE: Good to go :P
[19:26] <EoflaOE> lotuspsychje: Thanks! I have set the theme to Yaru-dark. | Bashing-om: Thanks!
[19:26] <lotuspsychje> great EoflaOE 
[19:27] <EoflaOE> Thank you! Ubuntu is awesome on new machines. 
[19:27] <lotuspsychje> EoflaOE: my favs packages at fresh install: sudo apt install preload haveged vlc gnome-tweak-tool qbittorrent
[19:28] <EoflaOE> lotuspsychje: Nice. I know vlc, gnome-tweak-tool, and qbitorrent, but what is "preload" and "haveged"?
[19:30] <lotuspsychje> !info preload
[19:30] <lotuspsychje> !info haveged
[19:30] <lotuspsychje> EoflaOE: both for faster/smoother experience
[19:31] <EoflaOE> lotuspsychje: Thanks. Will consider installing them tomorrow. I have to go to rest then sleep, because it's night on my timezone (UTC+02:00, 10:31 PM)
[19:33] <lotuspsychje> nite
[19:33] <EoflaOE> Good night.