[Bug 578998] [NEW] System occasionally fails to start only producing a black screen with stationary artifacts at the top

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Binary package hint: plymouth

Occasionally (every 15 - 20 boots I estimate) it seems that plymouth
fails to start, and instead I only get a black screen with what appears
to be stationary pixel artifacts of an orange and brownish color at the
very top (half inch) of the screen in a sporadic manner indefinitely.
All I have to do to solve the issue is just do a hard reset, and it has
always successfully loaded plymouth afterwards. I don't know what logs
to check for this, so whatever may be needed just let me know.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: plymouth-x11 0.8.2-2ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue May 11 14:21:50 2010
DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
MachineType: Dell Inc. MP061
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=fc2d3119-4f21-45c9-9556-583c60a5745e ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
SourcePackage: plymouth
TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
dmi.bios.date: 06/27/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A09
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA09:bd06/27/2007:svnDellInc.:pnMP061:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: MP061
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid
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System occasionally fails to start only producing a black screen with stationary artifacts at the top
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/578998
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