[Bug 1043518] Re: live cd is unusable due to video degradation with the splash boot option enabled

[ojordan]

@wxl you've provided a lot of logs there, but have you actually looked
at them youself?  I haven't read all the posts here, but it is fairly
clear to me that you have a different problem to the original poster.
But, just to be sure, have you tried turning off the splash screen? On a
PowerPC live/desktop ISO you do this by selecting the nosplash option at
yaboot.

Your problem is the nouveau xorg driver doesn't detect your device.
Setting up an xorg.conf may solve this.  Otherwise you will have to load
a legacy framebuffer and use the fbdev xorg driver.  The openfirmware
framebuffer is limited to 16 colours (a lot less than 8 bit), and there
is no getting around that.

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Title:
  live cd is unusable due to video degradation with the splash boot
  option enabled

Status in The Linux Kernel:
  Unknown
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “linux” source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released
Status in “plymouth” source package in Quantal:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  All images after 08/15 have become unusable, either to install from or to use a live session.
  Images from 08/15 & earlier work fine as does the install itself.

  Attached are 2 possible screens which seem to vary depending on which
  partition grub is configured on in a multi-boot system (12.04 & 12.10

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-9.9-generic 3.5.0
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-9-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Aug 29 16:21:08 2012
  InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120813.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  ---
  ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.323
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120912)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS M1330
  Package: plymouth 0.8.4-0ubuntu3
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz  --
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz  --
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-14.16-generic 3.5.3
  Tags:  quantal running-unity
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-14-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  dmi.bios.date: 12/26/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A15
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA15:bd12/26/2008:svnDellInc.:pnXPSM1330:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: XPS M1330
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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