[Bug 575120] Re: Resolution of splash screen reduces when NVIDIA proprietary drivers are installed

[LaunchPadGirl]

What is controversial about this, I don't understand that remark?

This might work great on Desktop Screens but I've personally always used
laptops with Ubuntu since Plymouth was first introduced to Ubuntu and
I've never seen it look all that great on a laptop display.

There is constantly text appearing on bootup and restart/shutdown.

In the past when I've Distro Hopped I've seen Suse and Fedora display
nice splash screens without any text.

Sure it's doesn't affect the system, it's just cosmetic, but it makes
Ubuntu look unprofessional and unpolished, it's cheesy as some would
say. As big as Canonical is they should be able to put togther staff
that can create a clean looking bootup splash, 100% clean on bootup, and
restart/shutdown and no text spewing across the screen.

To sit back and say it's just cosmetics and not fix this issue is lame,
this has been like this since the beginning of Plymouth, so how many
years are we talking that Canonical hasn't fixed this? That's a long
time for something that isn't that complicated.

All we are talking about is displaying and image on boot up and
shutdown/restart it's not that complicated.

Let's look at Windows 7 & Windows 8 as an example, this is what we are
talking about a clean screen.

So what's it going to take for Canonical to finally sit up and make this
thing look clean and professional?

It is true that in certain aspects of the business world image is
everything and a First Impression is based upon looks, so I'm not to
sure why Canonical has the bootup, shutdown/restart process looking like
such crap. I'm sorry but it really does and it really needs to step into
the 21st Century with a nice clean look, Professional & Polished!

PLEASE pass my comments onto to those repsonsible for this undertaking
and let's not take it so lighlty but consider this is an important
aspect of computing, making a nice impression at bootup...

Thank you...

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Title:
  Resolution of splash screen reduces when NVIDIA proprietary drivers
  are installed

Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: plymouth

  The version I am using is Ubuntu 10.04 LTS final. This problem is coming from Beta 1 release, whenever I load the Ubuntu CD, it will display the plymouth splash (boot screen) perfectly. But as soon as I install the Ubuntu on my system and NVIDIA graphics installed on it, the resolution changes to 4 bit display.
  As I can see in coding, it ask for window.getresolution() some function, if value =4 then image=ubuntu-logo16.png else image =ubuntu-logo.png.

  So when I install nvidia graphics my resolution changes to 4 bit or
  so. and my boot screen become wider than normal .

  Please suggest the sollution.

  UPDATE:
  Also affects Ubuntu 12.x and 13.x. Plymouth is not displayed properly (no fullscreen):
  http://www.imagebanana.com/code/73qs2wpo/IMG_20130417_141344.jpg

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