(In reply to Daniel Bauer from comment #8) > I really feel stupid... but I can't find where to add this boot option. > I pressed "e" on the highlighted menu entry and get a screen "setparams > 'opensuse leap 42.1". I entered > plymouth.enable=0 > at several positions, at the very beginning, in the middle... then pressed > F10, and get the black screen... > > it seems this is not the way to do it :-) > > How and where do I enter this option? > > sorry again for being so ignorant... There should be a line like linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.3-..... or linuxefi /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.4-.... In either way, it should contain words like "splash=silent quiet showopts". Append your own option to this line, then press Ctrl-X to continue to boot. HTH.