Comment 0 for bug 1838725

Plymouth fails to display graphical splash screens on 2018 ThinkPads, shows text mode dots animation instead.

I've noticed this on X1 Carbon G6 and X280. Plymouth just can't seem to display any graphical splash on them.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: plymouth 0.9.4git20190712-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.2.0-8.9-generic 5.2.0
Uname: Linux 5.2.0-8-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
Date: Fri Aug 2 11:59:20 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-07-09 (23 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Alpha amd64 (20190709)
MachineType: LENOVO 20KGS4XY00
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.2.0-8-generic root=UUID=2a8c12a3-4d85-478a-8b6c-b31fe3dceae1 ro quiet splash psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=1 vt.handoff=7
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.2.0-8-generic root=UUID=2a8c12a3-4d85-478a-8b6c-b31fe3dceae1 ro quiet splash psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=1 vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: plymouth
TextPlymouth: /usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 11/08/2018
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: N23ET59W (1.34 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 20KGS4XY00
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: SDK0J40697 WIN
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: None
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrN23ET59W(1.34):bd11/08/2018:svnLENOVO:pn20KGS4XY00:pvrThinkPadX1Carbon6th:rvnLENOVO:rn20KGS4XY00:rvrSDK0J40697WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone:
dmi.product.family: ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th
dmi.product.name: 20KGS4XY00
dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_20KG_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO