Okay, never mind on the camera bit. I just realized that I do have a camera: my laptop webcam.
I was able to get this picture of vbeinfo on my desktop using Cheese, after resetting grub to use GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480 again. I think some of the output at the top is cut off, and you can see black artifacts along the edges of the screen. But at least I do have something to start with I'll try some of these resolutions and see if I can't get anything better. ** Attachment added: "2011-10-16-023850.jpg" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/850895/+attachment/2549587/+files/2011-10-16-023850.jpg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/850895 Title: [nouveaufb] Plymouth refuses to show on boot, only at shutdown (mountall error messages) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/850895/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs