On a 7600Go (Toshiba p100 laptop), a variant of #87 worked: 1) Allow FB for initramfs:
echo FRAMEBUFFER=y | sudo tee /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash sudo update-initramfs -u 2) Checking highest (highest resolution and color depht) FB mode supported by hardware (requires hwinfo): sudo apt-get install hwinfo sudo hwinfo --framebuffer 3) Edit grub conf file to set selected FB mode: sudo gedit /etc/default/grub Change GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT and add "vga=" with FB selected mode nb Save and: sudo update-grub Reboot to check if it work For instance on my machine: sudo hwinfo --framebuffer Returned: 02: None 00.0: 11001 VESA Framebuffer [Created at bios.464] Unique ID: xxxxxxxx Hardware Class: framebuffer Model: "NVIDIA G73 Board - e463h11 " Vendor: "NVIDIA Corporation" Device: "G73 Board - e463h11 " SubVendor: "NVIDIA" SubDevice: Revision: "Chip Rev" Memory Size: 128 MB Memory Range: 0xc0000000-0xc7ffffff (rw) Mode 0x0300: 640x400 (+640), 8 bits Mode 0x0301: 640x480 (+640), 8 bits Mode 0x0303: 800x600 (+800), 8 bits Mode 0x0305: 1024x768 (+1024), 8 bits Mode 0x030e: 320x200 (+640), 16 bits Mode 0x030f: 320x200 (+1280), 24 bits Mode 0x0311: 640x480 (+1280), 16 bits Mode 0x0312: 640x480 (+2560), 24 bits Mode 0x0314: 800x600 (+1600), 16 bits Mode 0x0315: 800x600 (+3200), 24 bits Mode 0x0317: 1024x768 (+2048), 16 bits Mode 0x0318: 1024x768 (+4096), 24 bits Mode 0x0330: 320x200 (+320), 8 bits Mode 0x0331: 320x400 (+320), 8 bits Mode 0x0332: 320x400 (+640), 16 bits Mode 0x0333: 320x400 (+1280), 24 bits Mode 0x0334: 320x240 (+320), 8 bits Mode 0x0335: 320x240 (+640), 16 bits Mode 0x0336: 320x240 (+1280), 24 bits Mode 0x033d: 640x400 (+1280), 16 bits Mode 0x033e: 640x400 (+2560), 24 bits Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown So highest FB supported mode is 0x318 (Hexa) = 792 (Decimal), thus in grub config: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash vga=792" Did the trick... Maybe this could be automated for proprietary installs by grub setup or update process, if this prove reliable by other users. Please note that GRUB_GFXMODE modification did not have any effect for me, so this was still commented in my grub config... -- plymouth theme ugly on binary nvidia driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551290 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
