If you remove the "quiet" option from the line "# defoptions=quiet splash" in /boot/grub/menu.lst and run update-grub, the startup details are displayed in the usplash screen. After doing this, I am able to get the messages on the usplash screen as it was appearing in the previous usplash version.
If you remove the "quiet" option from the line "# defoptions=quiet splash" in /boot/grub/menu.lst and run update-grub, the startup details are displayed in the usplash screen. After doing this, I am able to get the messages on the usplash screen as it was appearing in the previous usplash version.