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[Ara Pulido <ara@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Neil (et all),

Scott James Remnant, who is the main maintainer of plymouth, has a very
good explanation about this issue in his blog [1].

Cheers,
Ara.

[1] http://www.netsplit.com/2010/03/30/all-about-kernel-mode-setting/


On 04/25/2010 01:17 PM, Neil wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Sorry, I forgot to mention that the shut down splash is also effected
> (low resolution).
> 
> Neil
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Neil* <sackwort@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:sackwort@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
> Date: 25 April 2010 12:12
> Subject: Boot splash resolution
> To: xorg-prop-drivers-testers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:xorg-prop-drivers-testers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> I've just installed the Lucid Release Candidate, which is great.  The
> only annoyance I've got is with the current NVIDIA driver; it makes the
> Ubuntu boot splash look awful in that it's a bit flickery and the
> resolution is too low.  The splash is perfect with the nouveau driver,
> however.
> 
> Is this a bug that will be fixed, or is it simply a problem with
> NVIDIA?  It's a shame if it can't be fixed, as I can imagine it being
> very off-putting to new users.  It makes the boot process look amateurish.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Neil
> 
> 
> 
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