ubuntu splash screen not displayed on startup/shutdown with fglrx driver loaded

[rjwellsted]

Using Gutsy, after enabling the flgrx driver on an Amilo Li1718, the ubuntu startup/shutdown screen no longer appears.

Otherwise driver functions perfectly.

lspci output:
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 5a31 (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc 4379 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 83)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller (rev 80)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB450 HDA Audio (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200M]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
0a:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

[Albert Damen (albrt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

- What is the resolution of your monitor?
- What resolution does the file /etc/usplash.conf contain?

If the resolution in /etc/usplash.conf is not equal to the resolution of your monitor, please edit this file to set it to the correct resolution, then boot again with splash enabled. Do you see the splash screen now?
To edit /etc/usplash.conf you can use the following command in a terminal window: $ sudo pico /etc/usplash.conf

[rjwellsted (ron-wellsted)]

albert wrote:
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:
>
> - What is the resolution of your monitor?
> - What resolution does the file /etc/usplash.conf contain?
>
> If the resolution in /etc/usplash.conf is not equal to the resolution of your monitor, please edit this file to set it to the correct resolution, then boot again with splash enabled. Do you see the splash screen now?
> To edit /etc/usplash.conf you can use the following command in a terminal window: $ sudo pico /etc/usplash.conf
>
>
> ** Changed in: usplash (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: None => usplash
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

The monitor resolution is 1280x800 (Amilo 1715 laptop)

/etc/usplash.conf contained 1280x1024, Changing it to 1280x800 does not
cure the problem on bootup but the splash screen now does appear on
shutdown.

[Albert Damen (albrt)]

Thanks. I missed one command in my previous comment: sudo dpkg-reconfigure usplash
Can you please try one more time with the correct resolution 1280x800 in /etc/usplash.conf. Then run the command sudo dpkg-reconfigure usplash and try a reboot?

[rjwellsted (ron-wellsted)]

On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 12:05:14AM -0000, albert wrote:
> Thanks. I missed one command in my previous comment: sudo dpkg-reconfigure usplash
> Can you please try one more time with the correct resolution 1280x800 in /etc/usplash.conf. Then run the command sudo dpkg-reconfigure usplash and try a reboot?
>

This fixed it, the splash screen displays correctly now thanks.

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[Albert Damen (albrt)]

OK, that makes it a duplicate of bug 157758.
Any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.