Yes it's been done before. I think the Nvidia drivers still do it because they're designed for older kernel builds that don't have SimpleDRM included.
But "needed" is a strong word in this case. It's unusual that you wouldn't be able to see the primary boot display at boot time. So in that case I don't think we should be forcing everyone with disk encryption to have a bloated initrd again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2069039 Title: Disk password prompt isn't shown in external monitor To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/2069039/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
