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[Daniel van Vugt <1869655@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

1) I recall the upstream snapshot is where the new black screen problem
started:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/24.004.60+git20250714.287ae4de-0ubuntu1

   So the new issue making this bug worse pre-dates us declaring it fixed. That means your fix is
   potentially still perfect, just not the only fix required anymore.

2) No, my framebuffers are visibly the native screen resolution, higher
than VGA resolutions.

3) This is a low priority bug so I can't justify continuing with debugging right now. We can try
   again if things get less busy in the next month or else it will just be a task for 26.04.

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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:
  Triaged

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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