I've bisected this down to a single upstream commit. At the moment I'm at a complete loss how this commit has any effect on the display of text.
commit 3f8bd998dcc6d592ffd5d3aefad06f0bbf28a725 Author: Ray Strode <[email protected]> Date: Fri Jun 8 16:52:29 2012 -0400 script: seed random number generator Most splash plugins that use random numbers seed the random number generator with the current time, but script fails, too. This commit fixes that. https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42632 diff --git a/src/plugins/splash/script/script-lib-math.c b/src/plugins/splash/script/script-lib-math.c index 383fe46..a1afc04 100644 --- a/src/plugins/splash/script/script-lib-math.c +++ b/src/plugins/splash/script/script-lib-math.c @@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ script_lib_math_data_t *script_lib_math_setup (script_state_t *state) { script_lib_math_data_t *data = malloc (sizeof (script_lib_math_data_t)); + srand ((int) ply_get_timestamp ()); + script_obj_t *math_hash = script_obj_hash_get_element (state->global, "Math"); script_add_native_function (math_hash, "Cos", ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #42632 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42632 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1187318 Title: Splash skips text when asking for LUKS password To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1187318/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
