This is fixed, at least in my machine-and was not in Plymouth, nor the kernel. It was some saved setting in /home/luke that the newer kernel didn't like. The offset rendering was fixed in the last few versions of Plymouth, though it also had first appeared with kernel 2.6.32.16 .
Apparently, when the newer video drivers hit kernel 2.6.32-16, some saved settings in my home directory started causing X to immediately crash and respawn, thus the flicker to black. I found this out by accident, cloning a filesystem to a disk with a default home directory, firing it up on the AMD-and having X start just fine, with beautiful cursor rendering right over the image saved from Plymouth! I then went back to my own system and set GDM to wait 10 seconds before autologin(login redundant after having to start encrypted filesystem)-and again, it worked fine. Direct autologin (with or without compiz) brought the problem back, so I trashed all the hidden directories in my home directory (default desktop) and again, X started over Plymouth just fine. I then re-set all my themes and preference, and found just one thing: Compiz could not be set to 4 desktops-any other number was fine, so now I have a pentagon instead of a cube. Also, the window buttons were now back on the right, where I prefer them anyway. If nobody else has this problem, that's the solution-remake your home directory configurations from scratch, until whatever one interacted in this way with the kernel can be found. I don't have time for that job unless this has turned into a problem affecting a lot of people-and may not still have all the files for such testing anyway. > Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 00:16:34 +0000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Bug 546893] Re: Rendering reverts to framebuffer with kernel > 2.6.32-16 or later > > Scott, should this be reassigned to the kernel? > > -- > Rendering reverts to framebuffer with kernel 2.6.32-16 or later > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/546893 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID27925::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:032010_2 -- Rendering reverts to framebuffer with kernel 2.6.32-16 or later https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/546893 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
