Start up screen shows code, before going to normal mac interface.

I am setting up my mac mini to a non-apple monitor and for some reason the switch on screen shows reams of code before finally going to the usual mac interface. How do I get it to stop doing this? I just want it to look like a normal Mac!! I am running leopard but it was also there on earlier tiger software. I have tried looking at utilities accounts etc but can't find anything that sorts this back to normal Cheers Martin

If you run 'nvram -p' does it show 'bootargs -v'?
If that is the case, this is not code. Rather, it is the normal boot up chatter, which can be suppressed by removing the '-v' from bootargs.

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