The following page has a fix that seems to have worked for me. http://www.ubuntugeek.com/quick-tipplymouth-themes-in-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx.html
The part that worked: sudo -s echo FRAMEBUFFER=y >>/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash update-initramfs -u After reboot Plymouth appeared, although first time out of resolution, but on second boot it seemed to be right. -- No plymouth graphical boot on Intel GPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571678 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