Comment 23 for bug 966403

Thanks. It looks like plymouth is doing everything right here:

[./plugin.c] create_backend:creating renderer backend for device /dev/dri/card0
[./plugin.c] load_driver:Attempting to load driver 'nouveau'
[./plugin.c] nouveau_force_drm:opening /proc/cmdline
[./plugin.c] nouveau_force_drm:reading kernel command line
[./plugin.c] nouveau_force_drm:Kernel command line is: 'BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.2.0-20-generic root=/dev/mapper/pc06-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 plymouth:debug=file:/var/log/plymouth-debug.log'
[./plugin.c] load_driver:falling back to frame buffer for nouveau to avoid DRM hang
[ply-renderer.c] ply_renderer_open:could not open rendering device for plugin /lib/plymouth/renderers/drm.so
[./plugin.c] create_backend:creating renderer backend for device /dev/fb0
[ply-terminal.c] ply_terminal_open:trying to open terminal '/dev/tty7'

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[./plugin.c] query_device:32 bpp (8, 8, 8, 0) with rowstride 5632
[./plugin.c] initialize_head:initializing 1360x768 head

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Seems to be a problem with the kernel framebuffer. Reassigning to the kernel.