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[Nathanel Titane <nathanel.titane@xxxxxxxxx>]

I insist on saying that it's not the nvidia graphics that bug but the
plymouth display parser (vesafb or wtvr it uses) bc even gallium has issues
rendering the splash

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Steve Langasek <
steve.langasek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Since this is reported to affect boot whether configured to use the text
> or graphical splash, it doesn't appear to be a plymouth bug, but a bug
> with the nvidia drivers as described.  Reassigning.
>
> ** Package changed: plymouth (Ubuntu) => nvidia-graphics-drivers
> (Ubuntu)
>
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> Title:
>  Plymouth boot logo corrupted - shows white vertical stripes
>
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: plymouth
>
>  Description:  Ubuntu Natty (development branch)
>  Release:      11.04
>
>  plymouth:
>    Installed: 0.8.2-2ubuntu22
>    Candidate: 0.8.2-2ubuntu22
>    Version table:
>   *** 0.8.2-2ubuntu22 0
>          500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
>          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
>  plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text:
>    Installed: 0.8.2-2ubuntu22
>    Candidate: 0.8.2-2ubuntu22
>    Version table:
>   *** 0.8.2-2ubuntu22 0
>          500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
>          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
>  plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo:
>    Installed: 0.8.2-2ubuntu22
>    Candidate: 0.8.2-2ubuntu22
>    Version table:
>   *** 0.8.2-2ubuntu22 0
>          500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
>          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
>  nvidia-current:
>    Installed: 270.41.06-0ubuntu1
>    Candidate: 270.41.06-0ubuntu1
>    Version table:
>   *** 270.41.06-0ubuntu1 0
>          500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/restricted i386
> Packages
>          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
>  NVIDIA GeForce 6200 video card.
>
>  When booting I see white vertical stripes on screen in place of either the
> plymouth ubuntu text or the plymouth ubuntu logo. I have attached a photo of
> the screen at boot. It looks like it is the plymouth text theme that is
> being used and indeed if I remove plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text my system boots
> with just a black screen until login.
>  The same behaviour is exhibited during shutdown.
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>  Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu22
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
>  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
>  Architecture: i386
>  Date: Thu Apr 21 09:12:55 2011
>  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110302)
>  MachineType: American Megatrends Inc. K7S41
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
>   PATH=(custom, user)
>   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  ProcFB: 0 EFI VGA
>  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic
> root=UUID=8e43f930-d281-4012-a543-c924dfc48f32 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>  SourcePackage: plymouth
>  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
>  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-26 (25 days ago)
>  dmi.bios.date: 10/18/2006
>  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
>  dmi.bios.version: P2.60
>  dmi.board.name: K7S41
>  dmi.board.version: 1.0
>  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0123ABC
>  dmi.chassis.type: 3
>  dmi.chassis.vendor: Uknown Chassis Manufacture
>  dmi.chassis.version: Version 1.00
>  dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP2.60:bd10/18/2006:svnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:pnK7S41:pvr1.0:rvn:rnK7S41:rvr1.0:cvnUknownChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrVersion1.00:
>  dmi.product.name: K7S41
>  dmi.product.version: 1.0
>  dmi.sys.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
>
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