It seems the reason why SimpleDRM hasn't solved this in Noble is because Plymouth intentionally ignores it:
"ignoring since we only handle SimpleDRM devices after timeout" and waits for a better DRM driver, which takes another few seconds. ** Tags added: noble -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1869655 Title: Boot animations start too late to be useful To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/plymouth/+bug/1869655/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
