@Stephen: I had came to a similar idea. This is how my /etc/default/grub looks like: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="noplymouth nosplash kopt=root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu-root" But it doesn't work for me most of the time, either.
Before I noticed that I could type in my cryptsetup password despite the purple screen, I used to press Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot. Mostly, I would be in text boot mode the next time. Can anyone confirm this? On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 21:10, Luigi Pezzotta <[email protected]> wrote: > I actually don't see the grub menu, since I have only Ubuntu 11.04 > installed. After the BIOS screen, I only get a brief black screen (with > the usual "flashing underscore", I don't know how it's called), then the > completely purple screen described here. > > Another thing: I have a similar problem on my netbook, which has an > Intel Graphic Media Accelerator 3150. The behaviour is almost the same, > but after the purple screen (which stays like that most of the time) the > logo appears for a little while before the boot sequence is completed. > Looks like plymouth shows the logo late for some reason. > > When I turn off the pc, the logo always appears as expected on the > netbook, while it appears only sometimes on my laptop (which mounts a > Nvidia GeForce 8600M GS with proprietary drivers). On the laptop it > usually has a couple of issues: the logo appears, but the dots do not; > also, the bottom part of the screen is black and messages showing the > status of the "switch off sequence" appear. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/771905 > > Title: > No logo at boot on nvidia card > > Status in The Plymouth splash screen: > Confirmed > Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: plymouth > > Hello, > I have a Nvidia GeForce 8600M GS, with proprietary drivers, and I am using > Ubuntu Natty. > > Since I updated to Natty (it was the Beta 2 version), plymouth only > shows a purple screen, without logo and without dots. It's simply > purple. > > Note that, before updating, I had already solved the issue which made > plymouth show the Ubuntu logo textual theme instead of the graphic one > with proprietary drivers on Nvidia cards, so I don't think it's > related (unless some of the files I modified were reset during the > update, I don't know). This time, however, I don't even get the > "default" text theme. > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/plymouth/+bug/771905/+subscribe > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/771905 Title: No logo at boot on nvidia card To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/plymouth/+bug/771905/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
