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** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/578998 Title: System occasionally fails to start only producing a black screen with stationary artifacts at the top Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: Binary package hint: plymouth Occasionally (every 15 - 20 boots I estimate) it seems that plymouth fails to start, and instead I only get a black screen with what appears to be stationary pixel artifacts of an orange and brownish color at the very top (half inch) of the screen in a sporadic manner indefinitely. All I have to do to solve the issue is just do a hard reset, and it has always successfully loaded plymouth afterwards. I don't know what logs to check for this, so whatever may be needed just let me know. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: plymouth-x11 0.8.2-2ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue May 11 14:21:50 2010 DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429) MachineType: Dell Inc. MP061 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=fc2d3119-4f21-45c9-9556-583c60a5745e ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb SourcePackage: plymouth TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth dmi.bios.date: 06/27/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A09 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA09:bd06/27/2007:svnDellInc.:pnMP061:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: MP061 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/578998/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp