[Bug 793128] Re: Plymouth splash screen does not load up; vesa fb device error message displayed instead

[Steve Langasek]

I think this looks like a regression in either the nvidia drivers or the
kernel.  I see that vesafb is being loaded for us via /etc/init/udev-
fallback-graphics.conf, and this failing seems to be what causes the
error you see; prior to natty, I believe vesafb *did* load successfully
together with the binary nvidia drivers, and this is no longer working.
Moving this bug to the kernel and nvidia packages.

** Package changed: plymouth (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu)

** Also affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  Plymouth splash screen does not load up; vesa fb device error message
  displayed instead

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: plymouth

  I tried to install a new splash screen in plymouth. Now I get a vesa
  fb device error just before the text-based splash screen shows up. The
  error message is displayed only for a very brief period, so I can't
  note it down. I am using version 270.41.19 of the NVIDIA drivers, on a
  Dell XPS 15 L501x notebook (Core i7 740 QM, NVIDIA GT435M, 6 GB DDR3
  RAM) running Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal 64-bit and GNOME3.

  Description:	Ubuntu 11.04
  Release:	11.04

  plymouth:
    Installed: 0.8.2-2ubuntu23
    Candidate: 0.8.2-2ubuntu23
    Version table:
   *** 0.8.2-2ubuntu23 0
          500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       0.8.2-2ubuntu22 0
          500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main amd64 Packages

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu23
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Jun  5 17:58:55 2011
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-sunrise/ubuntu-sunrise.plymouth
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS L501X
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB:
   
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=f757329a-aa4c-4a0c-96c2-6c19fad835b5 ro vga=798 splash quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: plymouth
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
  UdevDb: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-26 (10 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 03/29/2011
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A07
  dmi.board.name: 00YWG2
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: A07
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: A07
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd03/29/2011:svnDellInc.:pnXPSL501X:pvrA07:rvnDellInc.:rn00YWG2:rvrA07:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA07:
  dmi.product.name: XPS L501X
  dmi.product.version: A07
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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