You can enable this without installing cryptsetup by: echo FRAMEBUFFER=y > /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash update-initramfs -u
The longer-term plan I think, if it works, is to try and early-load udev and the graphics drivers if we can get away with it - so there isn't the black screen gap -- Hide console messages while Plymouth is running https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/535108 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs