no/ugly Plymouth bootscreen with SiS graphics card

[Janet]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-sis

When I boot Lucid on my notebook with SiS graphics card I'm not only getting the divided screen outside of X but also a very ugly Plymouth screen showing only 4 colors (screenshot: http://forum.kubuntu-de.org/index.php?topic=13621). I also get the error message "mountall: could not connect to Plymouth".

When I add "sisfb" to /etc/modules and use "video=sisfb" added to the kernel parameters I get a normal non-divided screen and instead the message "could not write bytes: Broken pipe" - and no Plymouth bootscreen at all. On shutdown I get the Plymouth screen in full color.

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A screenshot is available at http://www.fotos-hochladen.net/lucidsplitscreenfhny563d.jpg but I haven't tested if it also happens in the recovery mode's menu.
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[AJenbo (ajenbo)]

Please upload the screenshot to a server that isn't password protected.

I have the same issue one a Ubuntu installation with a sis card.

[AJenbo (ajenbo)]

Workaround/fix:

create a fill called /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-vga16fb.conf and write the following in it

blacklist vga16fb

update-initramfs -u

[papukaija (papukaija)]

Confirming this bug during the boot time after that there is no more a black horizontal bar near the top screen, the top part should actully be the bottom part of the screen). A screenshot is available at http://www.fotos-hochladen.net/lucidsplitscreenfhny563d.jpg but i haven't tested if it also happens in the recovery mode's menu.

Btw, this bug is affecting 4 people and no one hasn't confirmed this bug?

[papukaija (papukaija)]

Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] Tiedostoa tai hakemistoa ei ole
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Lsusb:
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: FUJITSU SIEMENS Amilo A1645
Package: xserver-xorg-video-sis 1:0.10.2-2
PackageArchitecture: i386
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
 Socket 1:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
 Socket 1:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=adefe281-edd8-4e96-a81c-eb7076c03ad6 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fi_FI.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Tags: lucid lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare tape video
dmi.bios.date: 06/15/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.02C
dmi.board.name: 255KI / 259KI Series
dmi.board.vendor: Uniwill
dmi.board.version: 0.01
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1.02C:bd06/15/2005:svnFUJITSUSIEMENS:pnAmiloA1645:pvr0.01:rvnUniwill:rn255KI/259KISeries:rvr0.01:cvnFUJITSUSIEMENS:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: Amilo A1645
dmi.product.version: 0.01
dmi.sys.vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] Tiedostoa tai hakemistoa ei ole
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.32-22-generic

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Btw, I'm using the normal Ubuntu, not Kubuntu.

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I upgraded to Precise today and can confirm this bug as fixed.