I said (extract) > To the point, when I boot now I no longer see the "Ubuntu" message in the
> > centre of the screen with the changing coloured dots underneath. Do I > need to tweak something to re-instate it? > > > > Liam Proven said (extract) > >>I have successfully resurrected this in the >>past by adding the kernel > boot > >>parameter > > >>nomodeset > > >>You can try this at boot time by pressing E on >>the GRUB menu, and > adding it > >>to the end of the boot line. > > >>If it works, you can add it to /etc/GRUB/defaults. > > Well, I tried the suggestion to no effect. I have looked through the logs but cannot find any hints - but I am not that experienced and my low vision can miss things. Undaunted I researched further. I thought this thread looked promising https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2321997 and I checked a few things out but I suspect it was written before 16.04.1 and .1 has corrected the bugs in part. I noticed late it was for lubuntu but guessed ubuntu was the same. I am reading this at the moment https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Plymouth but again notice it predates 16.04 I have not ruled out it is something to do with my graphics card nvidea but the upgrade appears to have installed the latest driver. If I understand things correctly the boot sequence goes something like this:- GRUB opens the kernal using certain parameters. The kernal(s) have been pre-compiled during kernal updates and compilation includes ref to display drivers so the screen post GRUB works. If this limited understanding is true, I am unclear when "plymouth" is called - prior to kernal opening I guess. If this is true, then "plymouth" can only display splash screen in some form of monitor default mode. But I am guessing. Can anyone point me in the right direction to try and fix please. I'm not sure if it is still a formally recorded bug which I just need to await a fix for. Thanks DaveG
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