I believe this is related to the bug 64487 which can usually be fixed by setting:
xres=1024 yres=768 in /etc/usplash.conf however, i wouldn't worry about how it looks from the live cd as i am sure they use a "safe" size to somewhat work with as many as possible. -- the splash screen doesn't work in AMD64 https://launchpad.net/bugs/71372 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
