[Bug 1443865] Re: plymouth fails to load correctly, having screen flickering issues after it.

[Steve Langasek]

When this happens, what is the output of 'systemctl status plymouth-
start.service'?

> ProcFB:
>  0 radeondrmfb
>  1 radeondrmfb

This shows that you have two separate framebuffers configured with the
same video driver.  This is somewhat surprising, but the lspci output
confirms:

00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Richland [Radeon HD 8650G] [1002:990b] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:080f]
        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, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 30
        Region 0: Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Region 1: I/O ports at 4000 [size=256]
        Region 2: Memory at f0300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
        Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: radeon

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Mars [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8750M] [1002:6600] (rev ff) (prog-if ff)
        !!! Unknown header type 7f
        Kernel driver in use: radeon

This could be related.

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

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Title:
  plymouth fails to load correctly, having screen flickering issues
  after it.

Status in plymouth package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  plymouth fails to load correctly, having screen flickering issues after it.  
  From systemctl load-units:
  ● plymouth-start.service     loaded failed failed    Show Plymouth Boot Screen
  ● systemd-backlight at backlight:acpi_video0.service loaded failed failed    Load/S
  ● systemd-backlight at backlight:acpi_video1.service loaded failed failed    Load/S

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: plymouth 0.9.0-0ubuntu9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-13.13-generic 3.19.3
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-13-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.17-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Tue Apr 14 13:05:46 2015
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-13 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Beta amd64 (20150326)
  MachineType: Acer Aspire V5-552G
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-13-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=e3d3a02a-123e-4ad5-b89e-2da6ad36787f ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  ProcFB:
   0 radeondrmfb
   1 radeondrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-13-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=e3d3a02a-123e-4ad5-b89e-2da6ad36787f ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: plymouth
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
  UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 12/23/2013
  dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp.
  dmi.bios.version: V2.07
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
  dmi.board.name: Dazzle_RL
  dmi.board.vendor: Acer
  dmi.board.version: Type2 - A01 Board Version
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
  dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvrV2.07:bd12/23/2013:svnAcer:pnAspireV5-552G:pvrV2.07:rvnAcer:rnDazzle_RL:rvrType2-A01BoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
  dmi.product.name: Aspire V5-552G
  dmi.product.version: V2.07
  dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

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