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** Description changed: Binary package hint: plymouth Testing 10.04 release i386 on my machine and I found that adding radeon.modeset=0 to the /etc/default/grub GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT parameter was needed to stop the occasional 'blank screen of death' where on booting the ATI card is put in to a mode that causes my monitor to blank as if power-saving. However, as side effect of this is it kills the output of splash screen text that plymouth normally reports from a back-up script using the command: plymouth message --text="something to say" This is in both with the version shipped with 10.04 and the unstable test 0.8.2-2ubuntu3~ppa1 version. (As an aside, why has plymouth not got a --version command option?) Initially I though it was the VGA style mode that radeon.modeset=0 seems to select, but on removing radeon.modeset=0 then shutting down, plymouth was still using VGA-like resolution but the text appeared OK. So it is either random, or it is directly down to the radeon selection parameter. I expected to see messages, and there was nothing except, perhaps, a brief flash of a grey rectangle around the logo position (not below it where the text usually goes). Some machine info in case it helps: sudo hwinfo --bios | grep Socket Socket: "J3E1" Socket Type: 0x01 (Other) Socket Status: Populated Location: 0x00 (Internal, Not Socketed) Location: 0x00 (Internal, Not Socketed) sudo hwinfo --gfxcard | grep Modules Driver Modules: "drm" sudo hwinfo --gfxcard | grep Model Model: "PC Partner Radeon X300 (PCIE)" Model: "PC Partner Radeon X300SE" + --- + Architecture: i386 + DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth + DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 + InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) + MachineType: Viglen D945GTP + Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu3~ppa1 + PackageArchitecture: i386 + ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=10fe7c39-801d-412d-964d-a82f10cc03ee ro radeon.modeset=0 quiet splash + ProcEnviron: + PATH=(custom, user) + LANG=en_GB.utf8 + SHELL=/bin/bash + ProcFB: 0 VGA16 VGA + ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 + Tags: lucid + TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth + Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686 + UnreportableReason: This is not a genuine Ubuntu package + UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare + dmi.bios.date: 09/29/2005 + dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp. + dmi.bios.version: NT94510J.86A.2706.2005.0929.1417 + dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag + dmi.board.name: D945GTP + dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation + dmi.board.version: AAC97844-303 + dmi.chassis.asset.tag: NONE + dmi.chassis.type: 2 + dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrNT94510J.86A.2706.2005.0929.1417:bd09/29/2005:svnViglen:pnD945GTP:pvr001320CB72D6:rvnIntelCorporation:rnD945GTP:rvrAAC97844-303:cvn:ct2:cvr: + dmi.product.name: D945GTP + dmi.product.version: 00:13:20:CB:72:D6 + dmi.sys.vendor: Viglen ** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48594742/BootDmesg.txt -- plymouth text messages fail with radeon.modeset=0 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575808 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