Comment 137 for bug 150930

Just to let people know who might not. If none of the work arounds here seem to help you particular computer. You can always type "sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst" Go to the this line in the document:
 "kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=048896bf-abae-4771-82cf-53eff300fe28 ro quiet splash"

Erase the word splash then save the document.
This will allow Ubuntu to boot without a splash screen at all. It will show boot text instead. Not as aesthetically pleasing perhaps but it works.