[Bug 1172970] Re: Plymouth does not display graphical prompt

[Steve Langasek]

I'm afraid this is by design.  The nvidia driver packages blacklist the
VGA framebuffer module that plymouth relies on in order to provide a
graphical splash screen; given that nvidia upstream asserts that loading
the framebuffer module makes the system unstable, there's not really
anything plymouth can do about this (at least not until we have Mir
available).

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

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to plymouth in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1172970

Title:
  Plymouth does not display graphical prompt

Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  After installing the nvidia 310 driver and updating plymouth to the
  latest version, plymouth prompts me with a text box for my password
  and displays boot debug information in orange text.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: plymouth 0.8.8-0ubuntu6.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Apr 25 18:49:39 2013
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-18 (6 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130416)
  MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 8440p
  MarkForUpload: True
  PccardctlStatus:
   Socket 0:
     3.3V
    16-bit
    PC Card
     Subdevice 0 (function 0) bound to driver "pata_pcmcia"
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB:
   
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash
  SourcePackage: plymouth
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 04/28/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.bios.version: 68CCU Ver. F.07
  dmi.board.name: 172B
  dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.board.version: KBC Version 30.29
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68CCUVer.F.07:bd04/28/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteBook8440p:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn172B:rvrKBCVersion30.29:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook 8440p
  dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1172970/+subscriptions