Plymouth Logo doesn't work with Nvidia Drivers and falls back to text mode

[zzecool]

Plymouth Logo doesn't work with Nvidia Drivers and falls back to text mode .

Using the default nouveau driver the problem don't exist and the Ubuntu Logo appears as it should in the Loading Screen during Boot.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo 0.8.2-2ubuntu28
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-15.24-generic 3.2.5
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-15-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Feb 14 13:50:19 2012
DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
MachineType: Sony Corporation VGN-FZ31Z
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-15-generic root=UUID=12e02107-7815-4276-b7ac-7bceee898897 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcFB:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-15-generic root=UUID=12e02107-7815-4276-b7ac-7bceee898897 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: plymouth
TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-02 (11 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 12/21/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: R2110J7
dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.board.name: VAIO
dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrR2110J7:bd12/21/2007:svnSonyCorporation:pnVGN-FZ31Z:pvrC6006UGW:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: VGN-FZ31Z
dmi.product.version: C6006UGW
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[zzecool (zzecool)]

This is very frustrating because when the user for the first time uses the Ubuntu Live Cd he is staring the very nice loading screen with the ubuntu logo but after the permanent install, if he installs the appropriate drivers for his vga ( in our situation the Nvidia ) on the next system restart he only gets the ugly Text loading screen ( the fallback plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text ) and so on .

There where numerous guides and walkthroughs in forums that advice to modify config file to make the framebuffer earlier on boot etc . In previous versions of ubuntu this was a temporary fix but not for oneiric or precise ....

This must be fixed once and for all from the plymouth team .

Thank you

[dino99 (9d9)]

Get the same issue on Precise i386 + generic-pae + nvidia 290/295
Seen this while booting and later while shutting down the system. What is strange is the font size is too big (14/16) most of the time, and rarely normal (9/10) sized.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

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 653477, 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.