[Desktop-packages] [Bug 982889] Re: X trying to start before plymouth has finished using the drm driver

2013-06-05 Thread William Pietri
Thanks, Steve. The box was set up by a vendor (Emperor Linux), so perhaps they did something custom with the splash screens when I got it 18 months ago. Aesthetically, making something vital (UI startup) depend on something decorative (splash screens) seems odd. Perhaps future versions of this

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 982889] Re: X trying to start before plymouth has finished using the drm driver

2013-06-04 Thread William Pietri
Hi! I suspect this fix may be causing a problem for me. I'm using an up to date 12.04.2 LTS setup that worked fine until now. My symptom is that upon reboot, I end up with a black screen. By hitting Control-Alt-F1, I can get things working properly with sudo service start lightdm. Looking at the