no usplash during boot when X takes too long to start
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
mountall (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Scott James Remnant (Canonical) | ||
Karmic |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Scott James Remnant (Canonical) | ||
usplash (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Colin Watson | ||
Karmic |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Colin Watson |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: usplash
daily live amd64 of 20090915 was working great. But since new upstart system upgraded (tested here with 20090917.1) I'v no more bar progression, just a graphical text mode with some errors log and normal text output from processes.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Sep 17 05:55:41 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Alpha amd64 (20090917.1)
MachineType: Packard Bell DOTMU
Package: usplash 0.5.37
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcEnviron:
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: usplash
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic x86_64
UsplashConf:
# Usplash configuration file
# These parameters will only apply after running update-initramfs.
dmi.bios.date: 06/25/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE
dmi.bios.version: v0.3108
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: Base Board Product Name
dmi.board.vendor: Packard Bell
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDE:
dmi.product.name: DOTMU
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Packard Bell
Changed in usplash (Ubuntu): | |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-9.10 |
assignee: | nobody → Scott James Remnant (scott) |
Changed in mountall (Ubuntu): | |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-9.10 |
assignee: | nobody → Scott James Remnant (scott) |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → Triaged |
tags: |
added: ubuntu-boot-experience removed: ubuntu-boot |
Changed in mountall (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Won't Fix |
Changed in mountall (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
status: | Fix Released → In Progress |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
tags: | added: iso-testing |
Hi
Thanks for your report; usplash was intentionally disabled by default. The goal is to have the boot quick enough that we don't need usplash at all until xsplash starts. usplash is still in use in the case of fsck or password prompt though.
Hope this helps,