uvesafb failure in vbe_init() causes no usplash during boot due to missing v86d

Bug #263295 reported by Vishal Rao
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Bug Description

No boot splash on Intel DP35DP motherboard with nVidia 8800GT and Dell E248WFP LCD at 1920x1200 resolution.

output of "dmesg | grep vesa" :

[ 1.791542] uvesafb: failed to execute /sbin/v86d
[ 1.791589] uvesafb: make sure that the v86d helper is installed and executable
[ 1.791636] uvesafb: Getting VBE info block failed (eax=0x4f00, err=-2)
[ 1.791681] uvesafb: vbe_init() failed with -22
[ 1.791721] uvesafb: probe of uvesafb.0 failed with error -22

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