Public bug reported:
Let's say for example the boot process has an error; how the hell are
you supposed to know what happened if the damn splash screen isn't
telling you anything about what's going on? What if the boot hangs?
How do you determine what parts of the boot are taking too much time?
Just because Windows screws the user over with a cryptic loading bar
with no information about what's going on doesn't mean Ubuntu should be
taking the same route which makes it nearly impossible for normal users
to find out what might be wrong.
The old method from Dapper works fine in this case; it tells you minimal
information about what's going on, and if something goes wrong, it goes
to the full kernel message screen.
And if you want to say that Mac OS X does this too, think again. The OS
X boot is split into like 8 different steps, and each step can be
identified by an audio or visual cue.
** Affects: usplash (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Should show information about boot (i.e. text).
https://launchpad.net/bugs/64040
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