cat /etc/usplash.conf you'll most likely see xres=1280 yres=1024 ## Most likely, Your monitor can't display this to fix sudo /etc/usplash.conf ## Change to Resolution you can actually use on your monitor, in my case 1042x768 ## xres=1024 yres=768 "Ctrl+O" to save "ctrl+x" to quit Once you have changed it u need to update the theme with Code: sudo update-usplash-theme usplash-theme-ubuntu Restart.