[Bug 989793] Re: blank screen on startup

[Steve Langasek]

The apport information shows the following kernel commandline:

  BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic-pae
root=UUID=24932d57-f79e-4449-9703-4f6f382e1412 ro quiet

Did you forget to readd the 'splash' option?  That may explain why it's
consistent.  It also means that if there are any kernel errors related
to trying to load the splash screen, they won't be shown in the
attachments.

I do see this in the attached dmesg:

[  207.726053] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: error fencing pushbuf: -16
[  207.840664] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: cal_space: -16

But I'm assuming your machine doesn't actually take 200 seconds to boot?

** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => New

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Title:
  blank screen on startup

Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This boot screen with "Ubuntu" and the dots works fine on the live CD. But after installation it is either a blank  black screen (mostly) or occasionally a purple screen with "ubuntu" in a tiny terminal type character font.
  On shutdown it usually shows purple screen with a tiny white ubuntu and some console type message across the screen.
  Logout briefly shows a black screen with tiny ubuntu text.

  This is on a Dell E521 with an nVidia Geforce 7300 LE card using the nouveau driver. 32 bit PAE kernel.
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu6
  Architecture: i386
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
  MachineType: Dell Inc Dimension E521
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu30
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic-pae root=UUID=24932d57-f79e-4449-9703-4f6f382e1412 ro quiet
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB:
   
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic-pae root=UUID=24932d57-f79e-4449-9703-4f6f382e1412 ro quiet
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic-pae 3.2.14
  Tags:  precise
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups:
   
  dmi.bios.date: 08/02/2007
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc
  dmi.bios.version: 1.1.11
  dmi.board.name: 0CT103
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc
  dmi.board.version: A04
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc:bvr1.1.11:bd08/02/2007:svnDellInc:pnDimensionE521:pvr:rvnDellInc:rn0CT103:rvrA04:cvnDellInc:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: Dimension E521
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: i386
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
  MachineType: Dell Inc Dimension E521
  Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu30
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic-pae root=UUID=24932d57-f79e-4449-9703-4f6f382e1412 ro quiet
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic-pae root=UUID=24932d57-f79e-4449-9703-4f6f382e1412 ro quiet
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic-pae 3.2.14
  Tags:  precise
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups:
   
  dmi.bios.date: 08/02/2007
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc
  dmi.bios.version: 1.1.11
  dmi.board.name: 0CT103
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc
  dmi.board.version: A04
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc:bvr1.1.11:bd08/02/2007:svnDellInc:pnDimensionE521:pvr:rvnDellInc:rn0CT103:rvrA04:cvnDellInc:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: Dimension E521
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc

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