Ok. The patch that I attach to this comment fixes things for me. It fixes the distortion and also puts the progressbar and text box in a nice position.
** Attachment added: "fix the splash geometry for big wide screens" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20818765/usplash-theme-ubuntu.diff -- wrong aspect ratio for 1680x1050 wide screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/245437 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs