Hasn't it happened to you that when you install the proprietary Nvidia drivers the loading screen (Plymouth) breaks down? Luckily there is a solution, well, there are several solutions. I will put the one that worked for me correctly.
The first step is to open a terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal). In it we will type some commands.
First we will install a necessary package to carry out the process.
sudo apt-get install v86d hwinfo
First, let's check what resolutions are supported by our card.
sudo hwinfo --framebuffer
Now it's time to edit a configuration file.
sudo gedit / etc / default / grub
We look for the line that is usually number nine and we substitute:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT = "quiet splash"
per:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT = "quiet splash nomodeset video = uvesafb: mode_option = 1280x800-24, mtrr = 3, scroll = ywrap"
Replacing 1280 × 800-24 with the resolution you have chosen.
Now we look for the line that is usually number 18 and we change:
# GRUB_GFXMODE = 640x480
per:
GRUB_GFXMODE = 1200x800
Remember that where it says '1200 × 800' you have to put a resolution that supports your screen.
We are going to edit another file.
sudo gedit / etc / initramfs-tools / modules
In the last line (empty) we add this:
uvesafb mode_option = 1280 × 800-24 mtrr = 3 scroll = ywrap
We are almost done. We execute:
echo FRAMEBUFFER = y | sudo tee /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splashsudo update-grub2sudo update-initramfs -u
With this your plymouth should look correctly.
I say goodbye to my second post, I hope you do well with it!
This may work, but you may need a special one.
It is true, although if you do it manually you have more security than you do.
Thanks, I'll add it to the post!
I have followed the tutorial and it remains exactly the same. Not only is the resolution still 640x480, but the ubuntu 10.10 letters look like "monoscape" and not "ubuntu maverick". My card is the 8400M GS (therefore it supports 1280 × 800 24bits and even more as hwinfo says strangely) and the private drivers are those of "jockey" / "system -> administration-> additional drivers" version 260.19.06 according to "nvidia X server settings ».
I have tried even another way of trying to correct it by also modifying the file "00_headers" but without a solution, the same thing remains.
Any workaround? can anybody help me?
Hmm ... I really can't think of how to help you.
Hopefully you can solve the problem. This tutorial worked wonders for me. 🙁
Cheers! Paul.
hello friends I recently discovered this phenomenal blog ... my congratulations to its authors 😉 .... precisely looking to solve the problem that this post is about ... to my joy I also found here an entry that explained about PLUMOUTH MANAGER ... if someone is as scared as enter me to edit in a hostile zone ... come on that you edit and something escapes in your haste, you bring down the whole system: S ... I tell you that PLYMOUTH MANAGER can do it for you ... by itself you only have to tell it the resolution of the monitor and voila .... it is not so much fun but these days that I am very busy I have been fabulous .... I finally see the beautiful loading screen of my lucid ...
a hug from Spain…
Maverick (what a coincidence of nick that I have not? ... but I will continue with my lucid three more years despite him ... lol I couldn't help it)
Thank you for leaving your comments and telling us about your experience.
A pleasure to have been of help!
I send you a big hug! Paul.
It is done, although now the grub looks very small ... I suppose it will.
Regards. Thanks.
Well, that helped me a lot, but with the nouveau he didn't even send me the happy playmout.
for ati drivers is the same solution?
for ati drivers is the same solution?
It didn't work for me 🙁
What if I regularly start with different screens? each with a different maximum resolution.
The easiest solution, support, promote and use free software (Nouveau)
Oh, thank you very much ... since 10.04, I had used it with the foul plymouth. XD
after doing everything I get the plymouth with excellent resolution but green the outline of the ubuntu logo that could be greetings.
Perfect!!!
Thank you very much friend 😉
Very useful, today thanks to this post and a few more from right here (without getting tired of googling) leave a cousin's pc at 100 and drag it to the light side of the force ^^ (Gnu / linux)
By the way, in Webupd8 they have published a script to make this more automatic.
Greetings.
http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/script-to-fix-ubuntu-plymouth-for.html
If someone crashed the suspend function and when restoring the system the keyboard freezes, they have to add atkbd.reset in line 9 of / etc / default / grub
It remains as follows
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT = »quiet splash nomodeset video = uvesafb: mode_option = 1280 × 800-24, mtrr = 3, scroll = ywrap atkbd.reset»