Kernel modesetting, required for the nice boot splash, has been disabled by default on your video card in Lucid to try and reduce the serious stability issues on i845 cards. The i8xx freeze page here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/Lucidi8xxFreezes documents the workarounds - the third one “Enable KMS” will get you the nicer bootsplash (but might make your system more unstable).
Marking this as invalid; sadly, this is the way it is. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- Bug with the logo's boot with Intel chipset https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/568681 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp