No, this problem doesn't seem to exist anymore. I think the work around was also to disable the floppy drive in the BIOS which helped too.
I am not using the same machine regularly now, after buying a new one a few months ago. Cheers, LP > Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:40:04 +0000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Bug 545766] Re: Screen pauses at purple theme for 30 secs > > Hello > Is this problem present with the latest updated Lucid's or Maverick's > packages? > Thanks in advance > Fabio > > ** Changed in: ubuntu > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > Screen pauses at purple theme for 30 secs > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/545766 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > When I boot up Lucid Lynx Beta 1, I get a brief FSCK notice (a couple of > seconds) then the them music plays within 15 seconds with just the purple > themed background. Suddenly after 25 seconds all of the menus appear and all > seems well. My motherboard is a Gigabyte 945GZM-S2 (rev 3.9) with onboard > graphics that works perfectly with Karmic. > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: i386 > Date: Wed Mar 24 17:21:18 2010 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 > DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318) > MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. 945GZM-S2 > Package: xorg 1:7.5+3ubuntu1 > ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-17-generic > root=UUID=6abe6eef-c413-4c5d-8d0e-d14d43cf05b7 ro quiet splash > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-17.26-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1 > SourcePackage: xorg > Symptom: display > Title: Xorg freeze > Uname: Linux 2.6.32-17-generic i686 > dmi.bios.date: 03/13/2007 > dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc. > dmi.bios.version: FF > dmi.board.name: 945GZM-S2 > dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. > dmi.chassis.type: 3 > dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrFF:bd03/13/2007:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pn945GZM-S2:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rn945GZM-S2:rvr:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr: > dmi.product.name: 945GZM-S2 > dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. > glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory > system: > distro: Ubuntu > codename: lucid > architecture: i686 > kernel: 2.6.32-17-generic > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/545766/+subscribe -- Screen pauses at purple theme for 30 secs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/545766 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
