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This bug was fixed in the package plymouth -
24.004.60+git20250714.287ae4de-0ubuntu3

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plymouth (24.004.60+git20250714.287ae4de-0ubuntu3) questing; urgency=medium

  [ Vincent Renzo Quilon ]
  * debian/local/spinner: Updated spinner animation frames to align with
    YaruCircularProgressIndicator (LP: #2115846)
    - modified animation-0001.png through animation-0036 with updated style.
    - modified throbber-0001.png through throbber-0030.png with updated style.
    - extended 30 frames throbber files to 60 frames.

  [ Nick Rosbrook ]
  * d/source/include-binaries: include new theme image files

plymouth (24.004.60+git20250714.287ae4de-0ubuntu2) questing;
urgency=medium

  * d/p: Add proposed patch to skip SimpleDRM with 640x480 resolution too
  * d/rules, d/install: Restore plymouth config files
  * d/p/ubuntu-default-devicetimeout.patch: Drop unnecessary patch
  * d/p/enable-usesimpledrm.patch: Show splash screen as soon as possible
    (LP: #1869655)

 -- Nick Rosbrook <enr0n@xxxxxxxxxx>  Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:19:56 -0400

** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Released

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Title:
  Boot splash starts too late to be useful - Use SimpleDRM by default

Status in Plymouth:
  New
Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in plymouth package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The boot splash and animations start too late to be useful.

  Modern systems spend all their boot time (a couple of seconds)
  decompressing the kernel. During that time the user only sees the
  static BIOS logo (ACPI BGRT). Then when Plymouth can finally start
  animating, the startup process is already finished and there's
  virtually no time left to show any useful animations.

  This could be fixed in:

    grub: By adding a splash under the BIOS logo to show some progress
  _before_ a Linux kernel is even started

  and/or

    plymouth: By preferencing legacy framebuffer devices (like EFI) over
  DRM, if we find those are available a few seconds sooner. That would
  also fix bug 1868240 completely, and bug 1836858 mostly as the flicker
  moves to when the login screen starts.

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