A bug in the installer for Kubuntu 13.04 causes users to be shown a console screen with verbose kernel messages after install instead of the expected Kubuntu splash screen. Users can work around this bug by running the following commands:
sudo sed -i -e's/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=/&"quiet splash"/' /etc/default/grub
sudo update-grub
Suggested text for a release note:
A bug in the installer for Kubuntu 13.04 causes users to be shown a console screen with verbose kernel messages after install instead of the expected Kubuntu splash screen. Users can work around this bug by running the following commands:
sudo sed -i -e's/^GRUB_ CMDLINE_ LINUX_DEFAULT= /&"quiet splash"/' /etc/default/grub
sudo update-grub