Comment 4 for bug 810221

As of July 16, this bug is only fixed when using Plymouth 0.8.4 , when using Plymouth_0.8.2-2ubuntu24 the video output still cuts off.

With Plymouth 0.8.4, the text output is gone in such functions as password prompting and the plymouth messaging. The video continues during boot, but no text output. The password entry box still appears, though-the problem is limited to text. I am using a custom plymouth theme, but the text functions are cribbed from the ubuntu-logo script and worked fine until initramfs-tools - 0.99ubuntu2. There was one interesting behavior, though: When the video was cutting off, the font for text changed to a heavier font when the video function came back on.

Text still renders fine with plymouth is run from X, as well it should since plymouth has not changed. The older.

Plymouth_0.8.2-2ubuntu24, by comparison, still gave the video cutoff when I tried it in an attempt to fix the text problem.

I have 0.8.4 installed as a legacy from the Natty round of Plymouth message and password prompt problems, which the Ricotz PPA version fixed.