usplash rendering corrupt booting on PS3

Bug #273710 reported by Dan Munckton
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ubuntu PS3 Port
Fix Released
Medium
Dan Munckton
linux-ports (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Dan Munckton
usplash (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Dan Munckton

Bug Description

usplash graphics render in greyscale and animation runs for about 2 or 3 seconds then the visual freezes even though in the background the system is still booting ok.

Fix identified - need to lower the PS3 Frame Buffer size to 9MB (CONFIG_FB_PS3_DEFAULT_SIZE_M) in the kernel.

Related branches

Dan Munckton (munckfish)
Changed in ubuntu-ps3-port:
assignee: nobody → munckfish
Changed in linux-ports:
assignee: nobody → munckfish
status: New → Fix Committed
Changed in usplash:
assignee: nobody → munckfish
status: New → Fix Committed
Changed in ubuntu-ps3-port:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Fix Committed
Dan Munckton (munckfish)
Changed in ubuntu-ps3-port:
milestone: none → ubuntu-8.10-beta
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package linux-ports - 2.6.25-2.3

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linux-ports (2.6.25-2.3) intrepid; urgency=low

  [Ben Collins]

  * build: Add 386 to d-i build

  [Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

  * PS3/powerpc vmemmap variable page size patch
    -LP: #220524

  [Dan Munckton]

  * build: Fix getabis script so it fetches the ports packages successfully
  * build: fix binary-headers target
  * config: enabled Gelic wireless support for PS3
    -LP: #194339
  * config: lowered the PS3 framebuffer size to 9MB
    -LP: #273710

  [Fabio M. Di Nitto]

  * Add GNBD driver
  * SAUCE: Export gfs2 symbols required for gfs1 kernel module
  * Add GFS driver
  * Enable GFS* config options

 -- Stefan Bader <email address hidden> Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:50:53 -0400

Changed in linux-ports:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Dan Munckton (munckfish)
Changed in ubuntu-ps3-port:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in usplash:
status: Fix Committed → Invalid
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