[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1063969] Re: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420

2012-11-14 Thread Bryce Harrington
As per discussion with Alberto, this is not a critical bug but rather a lack of feature support in the nvidia driver. NVIDIA does not support running on framebuffer drivers, and testing has proven that doing so leads to system instability in many cases. People can switch on the drivers manually i

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1063969] Re: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420

2012-11-13 Thread karl
afaik the nvidia driver has changed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1063969 Title: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420 Status in “nvidia-graphics-driv

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1063969] Re: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420

2012-11-12 Thread Shock
This used to work on 12.04. What changed and why? Does anyone know? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1063969 Title: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1063969] Re: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420

2012-11-08 Thread karl
For me it works neither on boot nor shutdown.. I have no dell but a desktop machine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1063969 Title: No Plymouth Splash o

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1063969] Re: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420

2012-11-08 Thread zasq
I have the problem on a Dell Inspiron 1501: no plymouth splash on boot, everything okay when shutting down. But: I have a radeon graphics card, not nvidia... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubunt

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1063969] Re: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420

2012-11-06 Thread zzecool
I have the same exact problem with my Nvidia ( i always had it ) plus that as i can see in boochart plymouthd takes 50 seconds to load ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1063969] Re: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420

2012-10-30 Thread Collin O'Reilly
Same problem except with Ubuntu Gnome Remix 12.10 x64 - DELL Precision M4600 with nvidia Quadro 1000M. Boot splash was fine until I installed nvidia drivers. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubun

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1063969] Re: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420

2012-10-25 Thread emptythevoid
Do we know if nvidia is looking to rectify this problem on their end? I know its a minor thing, the boot screen, (and I agree, system stability always wins) but I think it's one of those small bits of polish that need to be there if possible. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1063969] Re: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420

2012-10-24 Thread Alberto Milone
Yes, the warnings in comment 8 are the reason why I disabled grub's framebuffer with Nvidia (as Nvidia suggested). At least to me, system stability wins against a pretty bootsplash. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-g

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1063969] Re: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420

2012-10-23 Thread John Clark
Note that the warning in comment #8 also applies to the method described in comment #9 because it uses the uvesafb module. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1063969] Re: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420

2012-10-23 Thread Mark Fraser
Had the plymouth splash screen working in 12.04, but now I've had to resort to this website http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Fix-the- Big-and-Ugly-Plymouth-Logo-in-Ubuntu-10-04-140810.shtml to get it back in 12.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Pac

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1063969] Re: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420

2012-10-22 Thread John Clark
If you choose to use the workaround in comment #7, the Nvidia driver will yell at you in the kernel log, too: NVRM: Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console NVRM: on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver NVRM: requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Us

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1063969] Re: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420

2012-10-22 Thread John Clark
I was able to restore the splash screen: * Edit /usr/share/nvidia-current/nvidia-current.grub-gfxpayload and comment out the line that blacklists all Nvidia graphics cards * sudo update-grub-gfxpayload * sudo update-grub WARNING: You may experience graphics memory corruption, system crashes, han

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1063969] Re: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420

2012-10-21 Thread emptythevoid
I just upgraded a completely up-to-date 12.04 64-bit install with latest proprietary nvidia drivers from x-swat that was displaying splashes at both boot and shutdown, to 12.10 and now both splashes are failing (text-only) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1063969] Re: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420

2012-10-20 Thread Jeremy LaCroix
As for me, I don't see it during boot or shutting down. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1063969 Title: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420 Status in “

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1063969] Re: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420

2012-10-19 Thread emptythevoid
Also confirmed that this seems specific to boot-only. When shutting down or restarting, I see the normal ubuntu logo and activity indicator dots animating just fine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1063969] Re: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420

2012-10-19 Thread emptythevoid
This exact thing is happening to me using regular Ubuntu 64-bit on a Dell Precision M6500. Works just fine if using noveau, but goes text- only if using nvidia-current-update -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphic

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1063969] Re: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420

2012-10-11 Thread bugbot
** Tags added: kubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1063969 Title: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420 Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1063969] Re: No Plymouth Splash on Latitude E6420

2012-10-08 Thread Steve Langasek
The plymouth splash doesn't display because according to the information attached to your bug report, it has no framebuffer to display it on. This is a direct result of a recent change to the nvidia-graphics- drivers package. Reassigning. ** Package changed: plymouth (Ubuntu) => nvidia-graphics-d