Usplash doesn't show up on my nvidia card

[Corey Woodworth]

Binary package hint: usplash

I just built a new system. Usplash doesn't ever show up. I have to wait untill GDM loads before my monitor gets a signal. I'm running an Nvidia 8600gt. Could this be because the nvidia framebuffer drivers dont' work with this card? In gentoo i could see their boot splash but I needed to run the vesa framebuffer driver.

This happens when running the 64-bit version of Feisty or Gutsy.

[Sitsofe Wheeler (sitsofe)]

(Might be related to Bug #116103)

[Corey Woodworth (coreywoodworth)]

Ah it is related to #116103. However using vga=795 resulted in usplash not being centered on my screen. vga=792 worked for me. (even though I run 1280x1024 normally in x.org). Kinda strange. Some how usplash needs to get and set the proper vga= setting during install.

[Saivann Carignan (oxmosys)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 147623, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

PS : I suggest that you edit the bug description to include your workaround, you could add a line like this :

Corey Woodworth : A known workaround is to add vga=795 or vga=792 to the grub boot line.