[Bug 770371] Re: Splash screen in text mode at boot up

[Steve Langasek]

> When booting with the options `quiet splash` options removed,
> and `nosplash break=top` added (drops to a shell before
> running local-top scripts like plymouth), I checked some stuff:
> - cat /proc/modules: no modules seems to be loaded
> - ls -l /dev/dri/card0: missing AHA! PROBLEM FOUND!

Except that when you boot with 'break=top', you're interrupting the boot
before udev runs, and it's udev that loads the modules and creates
/dev/dri/card0; so that doesn't really tell us what's happening.

Could you instead try adding a 'udevadm settle' command to /usr/share
/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-top/plymouth before the call to plymouthd,
and see if that's enough to do the job without adding a manual
'modprobe'?  The 'framebuffer' script should be enough to ensure this on
its own, but maybe it isn't for some reason.

** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

** Summary changed:

- Splash screen in text mode at boot up
+ (natty/intel) plymouth in initramfs, plymouth starts before /dev/dri/card0 exists

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Title:
  (natty/intel) plymouth in initramfs, plymouth starts before
  /dev/dri/card0 exists

Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: plymouth

  Upgraded to Kubuntu 11.04 and noticed that the splash screen was in text mode where it was working with 10.10. The splash screen shown at shut down works. Using Intel mobile 945GME.
  lspci:
  00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
          Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 022f
          Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
          Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
          Latency: 0
          Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
          Region 0: Memory at 98280000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
          Region 1: I/O ports at 60f0 [size=8]
          Region 2: Memory at 80000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
          Region 3: Memory at 98300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
          Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
          Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
                  Address: 00000000  Data: 0000
          Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
                  Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                  Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
          Kernel driver in use: i915
          Kernel modules: intelfb, i915

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu22
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Apr 25 17:23:59 2011
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/kubuntu-logo/kubuntu-logo.plymouth
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
  MachineType: Acer Aspire one
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=e4864edf-7cd6-4c8a-b697-039216d05c63 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: plymouth
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/kubuntu-text/kubuntu-text.plymouth
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-25 (0 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 11/28/2009
  dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
  dmi.bios.version: V1.25
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
  dmi.board.name: Aspire one
  dmi.board.vendor: Acer
  dmi.board.version: V1.25
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
  dmi.chassis.version: V1.25
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.25:bd11/28/2009:svnAcer:pnAspireone:pvrV1.25:rvnAcer:rnAspireone:rvrV1.25:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV1.25:
  dmi.product.name: Aspire one
  dmi.product.version: V1.25
  dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

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