Install of fglrx hides plymouth splash cryptroot prompt

[Matthias Andree]

New installation of the fglrx driver causes the plymouth splash screen and the included cryptroot password prompt to not appear at the next boots. Workaround: remove "quiet splash vt.handoff=7" from GRUB command line.

To reproduce, install Ubuntu 11.04 on a system with AMD graphics, and encrypt the root partition. Do not install fglrx. Confirm that booting works. Now, install fglrx via the GNOME proprietary drivers tools and reboot. See that the prompt disappears.

Workaround: as above.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: fglrx 2:8.840-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Fri Jun 3 15:47:41 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-05-02 13:01:52.784773
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 vboxhost, 4.0.8, 2.6.38-8-generic, x86_64: installed
 fglrx, 8.840, 2.6.38-8-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
 ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3300 Graphics [1002:9614] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:834d]
JockeyStatus: xorg:fglrx - Proprietärer FGLRX-Grafiktreiber von ATI/AMD (Proprietär, Aktiviert, In Benutzung)
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
PlymouthDebug: Error: [Errno 13] Keine Berechtigung: '/var/log/plymouth-debug.log'
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=/dev/mapper/vgcrypt0-root ro
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: fglrx-installer
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-02 (32 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 05/20/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 3401
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M4A78T-E
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr3401:bd05/20/2010:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM4A78T-E:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2
version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu13
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hey matthias-andree,

You filed this bug report against natty, but I see it's still open and
doesn't appear to have much activity recently. So, now that oneiric
is released and stable, this may be a good point for you to upgrade
and re-test if this issue is still present there.

If it's solved in the new release and you think it's worth backporting
the fix, please indicate that. Or if having the fix in the new release
is good enough, feel free to close out the bug (or let us know and we'll
close it.)

If it's not solved, leave the bug report open. I can't promise we'll
get to it (we get way more bugs filed than we can usually get to), but
your testing and feedback can help out if and when we do.

[Matthias Andree (matthias-andree)]

I'm not upgrading just to see if someone got around to fixing the bug in
a new release while the old release is still supported -- the Desktops
in Ubuntu are going in the wrong direction.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Matthias Andree (matthias-andree)]

workaround:
- install up to date fglrx from AMD
- boot with nosplash verbose debug no_console_suspend nomodeset

[Martin Steghöfer (martin-steghoefer)]

Thanks for the workaround. Just an additional note about it: In 15.04 (vivid) this only works when booting using "upstart" (not with the new default "systemd"). Besides, the lines "load_video" and "gfxmode" have to be removed from grub.cfg (or the script "10_linux" that generates it), too.