I've found a partial fix here: http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Fix-the-Big-and-Ugly-Plymouth- Logo-in-Ubuntu-10-04-140810.shtml
But it doesn't work 100%. On one computer I have a black screen and a flashing cursor for most of the boot process; on another machine I have to stare at a Debian splash screen - where that came from I have no idea. -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs