[Bug 837581] Re: Ubuntu splash screen should be visible instead of blank screen with flashing cursor

[Steve Langasek]

The hundredpapercuts project is for small, cosmetic and easy-to-fix
bugs.  If you are seeing a blank screen with a flashing cursor with
Ubuntu 11.04 or later, this is not a small bug.

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the affected system.

** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  Ubuntu splash screen should be visible instead of blank screen with
  flashing cursor

Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
  Invalid
Status in “grub” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  After choosing to boot Ubuntu from the Grub menu (if such an option
  has been enabled in the Grub configuration file), the user is
  presented with a blank screen with a flashing cursor in the upper left
  corner for a number of seconds before the Ubuntu splash screen
  appears. I feel it would be more user friendly if the user did not
  have to view this blank screen, regardless of how long it is visible.

  I think this blank screen is the result of Grub being set to run on
  quiet mode so whatever process it is going through is being silenced
  and instead a blank screen is all that remains. I think that a good
  solution would be to have the Ubuntu splash screen kick in earlier if
  Grub is set to run on quiet mode.

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