Comment 14 for bug 531331

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : Re: [Bug 531331] Re: Remove plymouth destroying system

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 06:46:33AM -0000, UnstableGhost wrote:
> Plymouth is not working for me either. I have to run Nvidia proprietary
> driver (nouvaeu does not work at all for Quadro FX380m), and plymouth
> can't handle that.

Please file a separate bug report, detailing how plymouth "doesn't handle"
nvidia drivers for you. For the vast majority of users, it's working as
intended.

> I dont see why user is *forced* to have plymouth, especially on servers.

Because plymouth isn't a splash screen, it's a boot I/O multiplexer.

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