Comment 76 for bug 506717

I have this problem with the NVidia proprietary driver

uname -srm
Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64

lsb_release -r
Release: 10.04

Nvidia driver: 195.36.15

plymouth:
  Installed: 0.8.2-2ubuntu2
  Candidate: 0.8.2-2ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 0.8.2-2ubuntu2 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

grep -iE 'gfx' /etc/default/grub
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480
GRUB_GFXMODE=1920x1200

grep 'gfxpayload' /etc/grub.d/00_header
  set gfxpayload=keep

Grub has been updated