[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2015-08-02 Thread dino99
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Re: [Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-10-18 Thread Steve Langasek
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[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-10-18 Thread bastafidli
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[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-10-18 Thread bastafidli
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[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-10-18 Thread Andrew Somerville
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[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-10-18 Thread Andrew Somerville
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[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-10-18 Thread Andrew Schulman
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[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-10-18 Thread John Cottier
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[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-10-18 Thread John Cottier
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[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-10-16 Thread Ystin Anton Mihailovich
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[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-10-01 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
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[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-10-01 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
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[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-10-01 Thread Ben Shadwick
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[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-10-01 Thread Steve Langasek
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[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-09-12 Thread Hồng Quân
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[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-05-04 Thread John Cottier
Which Ubuntu version is that working on? I cant find libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental for 10.04 I did try it on natty beta2 (called experimental 3D driver in jockey driver list) and it worked well, but it seems to have vanished now natty has been released. Plymouth does not work at all on natty, jus

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-05-03 Thread alexeagar
The new experimental open source nVidia driver, libgl1-mesa-dri- experimental, is fantastic! It's so nice to be able to display my boot screen correctly without having to fiddle with my system. The only change I woulda made woulda been to install it be default, but all in good time, I suppose. Gonn

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-04-28 Thread Alexey Golovin
It was a bug for me, but after upgrade to Natty i'm having this (bug 771905). It is sad -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 Title: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-04-27 Thread John Cottier
I cannot even get the nvidia drivers to work on 11.04. But have tried the v86d fix. It is functional, but the largest mode I am allowed is 1280 x 1024 (on a 1680 x 1050 monitor). The result is a logo thats still a bit fuzzy, and the background is sort of chequered stripes, with a gap for the Ubunt

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-04-16 Thread andy16666
Still a problem with 11.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 Title: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver -- ubuntu-bugs ma

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-04-02 Thread Steve Langasek
This is *not* a question of opinion. The splash screen *is* rendering incorrectly when using the binary drivers, and this is something that needs to be fixed; it just isn't done yet because it's a difficult bug to fix and other bugs have taken priority. Please don't mark as 'Opinion' a bug that h

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-04-02 Thread gslack
** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Opinion -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 Title: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia propriet

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-30 Thread Maxim Heijndijk
"They need to branch out into a "hardcore linux guru" version and a "window convert" version if they want to keep pursuing these two completely different career paths." Yes that is the point. In a month we wil have Unity instead of Gnome. I am comfortable with that but my users probably will not b

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-30 Thread Stanislaw Waszkiewicz
„How hard can it be to understand the following simple sentence: THE USER DOESN'T CARE. Pushing the blame around doesn't help anybody.” -- Linus Torvalds The user really doesn't care if his problem is caused by incompatibility between the driver and the OS or lack of cooperation between driv

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-30 Thread Nathaniel Wilson
The real problem here is people who pretend that the greatest thing a linux distribution can do is immediately embrace new technologies that are not yet fully supported by vendor drivers, yet continue to harass users to install vendor drivers right after installing their OS. When you go even deepe

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-27 Thread gslack
Nathaniel, I too am sorry you felt you had engage capslock.LOL You said it embarrassed you when friends looked over your shoulder while the loading screen was displayed. As another poster pointed out thats the real problem here. Many of us here told you how to fix it, you can try one of those

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-27 Thread James Pursey
I was the person who started this bug report nearly one year ago now. I intended to alert the developers to the presence of a bug I thought might affect my graphics card only. I didn't start it with the desire of creating a rant page as seen in forums. I felt a bit awkward when I sent it off - I

Re: [Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-27 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 10:14:49AM -, Rachel Greenham wrote: > On 27/03/11 09:56, Jason Wagner wrote: > > Canonical has no interest in reverting Plymouth, and cannot force Nvidia > > or ATI to add the required hooks to their drivers. Nothing else needs > > to be said about this, so please give

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-27 Thread danizmax
Since this is a heated topic and quite important to me, I'll add my opinion and ask a question too. This may not be a usability issue for those that are familiar with computers and linux, but those who are not and see this will assume they did something wrong when installing vendor drivers or lin

Re: [Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-27 Thread Rachel Greenham
On 27/03/11 09:56, Jason Wagner wrote: > Canonical has no interest in reverting Plymouth, and cannot force Nvidia > or ATI to add the required hooks to their drivers. Nothing else needs > to be said about this, so please give 140 inboxes a rest. If this still > bothers you, go contribute your tim

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-27 Thread Jason Wagner
Canonical has no interest in reverting Plymouth, and cannot force Nvidia or ATI to add the required hooks to their drivers. Nothing else needs to be said about this, so please give 140 inboxes a rest. If this still bothers you, go contribute your time to another project, as I did. -- You receiv

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-27 Thread Nathaniel Wilson
And I don't want to hear any more excuses about vendors not being as fully into the Linux game as we wish they were. They devote as much time and resources as they can and as their market allows. They actually are putting effort into their drivers, but KMS was sprung on them at the last second.

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-27 Thread Nathaniel Wilson
gslack, You sure went all out on that rant. But the fact of the matter is, every one of us here knows more than enough about how hardware vendors don't fully support linux. After ten years I'm getting tired of hearing excuses about Microsoft whispering sweet nothings into ATI and nvidia's ears a

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-27 Thread gslack
In response to #116: Microsoft charges you $200 and up for a full version of Windows 7, they do not run an X-server environment but rather have direct input and cooperation with the drivers and their respective manufacturers. They don't run a X server because they have full on mutual cooperation f

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-26 Thread Kom-Si
> if I catch them looking over my shoulder as ubuntu is booting up, I feel > embarrassed. this pretty much sums up the problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 Title: Ubuntu sp

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-26 Thread Nathaniel Wilson
The issue here is not necessarily that the display method used by plymouth is incompatible with proprietary drivers. I would say the issue is that the developers made an unnecessary switch to this display method knowing full well that the proprietary drivers didn't support it yet. I'm with everyb

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-26 Thread gslack
The work arounds work to varying degrees for most people experiencing this issue, and I won't rehash them. That being said, I run the ATI proprietary driver in Ubuntu 10.10 and had this issue as well. This is an issue with proprietary drivers and NOT plymouth itself or Ubuntu. This is a prime ex

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-25 Thread Max Lemieux
This bug is the one and only bug I have been able to notice after an upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10. That means that the 10.10 install would be working 100% perfectly for me, if this bug was fixed. Instead, the crucial "first ten second" impression is ruined by a scary and broken looking boot screen.

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-17 Thread Philip Muškovac
Ok, we all agree that this is a bug. Nouveau has several issues (bug 553789 being one of the rather grave ones that affect me personally) so just suggesting to use that rather than the nvidia driver doesn't help many of us. As for why plymouth is there: It functions as a message manager between

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-17 Thread Kom-Si
> Use open drivers - a default choice for most users 2 apienk: who says that? any statistics? visual effects don't work without proprietary drivers, the whole GUI experience using 'nouveau' is abhorrent. of course I tried 'nouveau', and I can surely say that it's lame. it's not just eye-candy tha

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-17 Thread Maxim Heijndijk
"And it works fine until user decides to install a proprietary driver which does not like some other driver to be loaded before it. The behaviour cannot be changed because the driver is proprietary (try forcing Nvidia and ATI to amend this)." So why is it working on Natty then? And why is one pro

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-17 Thread John Cottier
To me, the point is this. Canonical draw attention to this new feature by advertising it as an improvement. Then after the first boot, the user is *prompted*, by the system, to install the nvidia drivers. Then it goes all crappy. I just look away while its booting :-\ -- You received this bug not

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-17 Thread andy16666
What I meant is that I don't see what was wrong with the late X approach of 9.10. It completely avoided the need for driver support. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 Title: Ubunt

RE: [Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installingATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-17 Thread apienk
Plymouth is meant to provide a nice-looking full-resolution boot screen on all DRM-capable graphics cards thus avoiding archaic text screen or lame WindowsXP-like low resolution logo. And it works fine until user decides to install a proprietary driver which does not like some other driver to be lo

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-17 Thread Andrew Schulman
Whoa there, fella. Take it easy. Plymouth mostly looks and works great. This is a bug, and they're fixing it. There's no call for abuse. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 Title:

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-17 Thread andy16666
Exactly. But you shouldn't have gone to this broken boot-up software in the first place before you had the bugs out of it. When it doesn't work on essentially all high end graphics hardware and a good portion of low end hardware, it doesn't work. I'm sick of Ubuntu repeated replacing working softwa

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-17 Thread Kom-Si
> But it is there in Lucid. and in Maverick, too. and nobody's gonna jump to Natty simply because the 'stupid' splash screen bug is fixed there. I'd rather keep on using 10.10 with a decent splash screen. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is su

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-17 Thread Maxim Heijndijk
But it is there in Lucid. And Lucid is LTS and aimed at the more professional market. You can't have a bug like this in an LTS version. It's just plain stupid. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/

Re: [Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-17 Thread Rachel Greenham
On 17/03/2011 09:25, Kom-Si wrote: > completely disagree with people who say this is a minor bug. it's a > major show stopper for the whole project. just wonder why it takes so > long for Canonical team to fix it. Ubuntu is loosing face, literally... > does seem to be substantially resolved in natt

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-03-17 Thread Kom-Si
completely disagree with people who say this is a minor bug. it's a major show stopper for the whole project. just wonder why it takes so long for Canonical team to fix it. Ubuntu is loosing face, literally... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-01-09 Thread Steve Langasek
This bug report is about the aesthetic difference when running on proprietary video drivers. If you have encountered a *usability* problem when running with such a proprietary driver, please file a separate bug report for that; the prompts should work the same regardless of the display resolution.

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2011-01-09 Thread bastafidli
I completely disagree with the people who consider this to be a low priority issue. On systems with encrypted drives (LUKS/cryptsetup/dm- crypt) the splash screen serves the purpose of entering passphrases to decrypt the drives. The usability in low resolution mode is complete different than in hig

Re: [Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-11-16 Thread Paradigm
tellite A300D > dmi.product.version: PSAHCE-01W00LFR > dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA > glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory > system: > distro: Ubuntu > codename: lucid > architecture: x86_64 > kernel: 2.6.32-21-generic > > T

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-11-16 Thread Nathaniel Wilson
The fix posted by Mauricio Parra Casado worked on my ATI laptop (Maverick.) Unfortunately my screen's native resolution wasn't available, but at 1024x768, it's still a lot better than before. I'd like to say to anybody that brushes this problem aside as unimportant because the boot splash is only

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-10-26 Thread cotillion
The script does not work for me (NVidia Geforce 8800 GT, ubuntu 10.04). The boot menu now appears in the high resolution, after this the splash screen appears in the know ugly way. Because the boot menu is shown in the high resolution, I don't think, that it is the wrong resolution. @Mauricio: Yo

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-10-25 Thread Alin Andrei
Here's a script that fixes it: http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/script-to- fix-ubuntu-plymouth-for.html (it basically uses Mauricio Parra Casado's steps above, but automatically). -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-10-24 Thread Mauricio Parra Casado
I didn't try with ATI, but with NVidia works perfectly... This is what i've done: 1- Open a terminal and type this: $ sudo su and type your password 2- Install this: # apt-get install v86d hwinfo 3- Execute the next command on the console # hwinfo --framebuffer this shows a list of supporte

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-10-19 Thread Maxim Heijndijk
A workaround for Lucid is to uninstall every package called "plymouth- theme-*". That way you have just text, which is actually the way I like it. I never understood why there is no way to monitor the boot processes in Ubuntu. -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia propri

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-10-17 Thread jp.seixas
A workaround for the ugly text bootsplash (in Maverik Meerkat) is to uninstall plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text and plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text. You will get the text messages of boot proccess, instead of the ugly text logo. -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-10-17 Thread Maxim Heijndijk
Startupmanager fix didn't work for me (lucid). No splash screen at all. -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-10-11 Thread cschol
The 'startupmanager' solution solved the problem for me. I get a splash screen during bootup and shutdown. -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-10-11 Thread cschol
according to the Ubuntu 10.10 Release notes, this is currently broken and only shows text :-( "The logo will not display during boot when using the Nvidia proprietary driver. (653274) " Well, this is also happening with the ATI proprietary driver and not only with the Nvidia prop

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-10-11 Thread Marctro
Come on get this fixed immediately... this should work out of the box. We have year 2010. Fedora obviously got it fixed too, so why can't Ubuntu do the same? Why does this issue still persist in 10.10? Make a presentation with about and with Ubuntu and all people will vomit once they see the ugly s

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-10-11 Thread John Cottier
according to the Ubuntu 10.10 Release notes, this is currently broken and only shows text :-( "The logo will not display during boot when using the Nvidia proprietary driver. (653274) " -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.laun

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-10-10 Thread Michele Roviello
Same thing in ubuntu 10.10 -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list u

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-09-08 Thread And_ep
There is speculation about what uses plymouth wrong horizontal frequency, unlike a mode proprietary drivers -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you are a memb

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-08-20 Thread Paul van Genderen
Assuming you've changed the resolution in startupmanager, edit the file /etc/default/grub as root $(sudo gedit /etc/default/grub) and look for a line that says vga=xyz, e.g.: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=" splash vga=795" Then remove the vga argument (so it's just "splash" in this example) and save. Now ru

Re: [Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-08-13 Thread Carlos
:pvrPSAHCE-01W00LFR:rvnTOSHIBA:rnPortablePC:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnAMD:ct10:cvrNone: > dmi.product.name: Satellite A300D > dmi.product.version: PSAHCE-01W00LFR > dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA > glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory > system: > distro: Ubuntu >

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-08-11 Thread Paul van Genderen
Here's what I did (worked for me): First, I installed the package "startupmanager" (like so: sudo aptitude install startupmanager). It should appear in the Gnome menu under System > Administration > StartUp-Manager. From there, select a resolution and set colour depth to 24 bits. Enable "Show boot

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-07-23 Thread Anish_D
nVidia 9600 GT -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@l

[Bug 563878] UdevLog.txt

2010-07-18 Thread Silvery Corgan
apport information ** Attachment added: "UdevLog.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52129024/UdevLog.txt -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you are a mem

[Bug 563878] UdevDb.txt

2010-07-18 Thread Silvery Corgan
apport information ** Attachment added: "UdevDb.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52129023/UdevDb.txt -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 563878] ProcModules.txt

2010-07-18 Thread Silvery Corgan
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcModules.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52129021/ProcModules.txt -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 563878] ProcInterrupts.txt

2010-07-18 Thread Silvery Corgan
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcInterrupts.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52129020/ProcInterrupts.txt -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 563878] ProcCpuinfo.txt

2010-07-18 Thread Silvery Corgan
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcCpuinfo.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52129018/ProcCpuinfo.txt -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 563878] Lsusb.txt

2010-07-18 Thread Silvery Corgan
apport information ** Attachment added: "Lsusb.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52129016/Lsusb.txt -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 563878] Lspci.txt

2010-07-18 Thread Silvery Corgan
apport information ** Attachment added: "Lspci.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52129015/Lspci.txt -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 563878] Dependencies.txt

2010-07-18 Thread Silvery Corgan
apport information ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52129009/Dependencies.txt -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 563878] CurrentDmesg.txt

2010-07-18 Thread Silvery Corgan
apport information ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52129008/CurrentDmesg.txt -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 563878] BootDmesg.txt

2010-07-18 Thread Silvery Corgan
apport information ** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52129007/BootDmesg.txt -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 563878] apport information

2010-07-18 Thread Silvery Corgan
Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 11356caadd2f5e11cd7ea39620e14140 CheckboxSystem: 2954e74ba17fb0e37fc942cd1d9fab4e DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429) Ma

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-07-18 Thread Silvery Corgan
Same here. I have a laptop with 16:10 ratio. It has 1366x768 resolution. Also it has an ATi HD Mobility Radeon 5470. With or without proprietary drivers, It still looks like sh*t. ** Tags added: apport-collected -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphi

[Bug 563878]

2010-07-17 Thread James Ronald Collings
http://casworddeeps.yourpillsworld.net -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs ma

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-07-14 Thread Philip Muškovac
It's not a paper cut, but it *is* being worked on. See Colins mail on the ubuntu-devel mailing list: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2010-July/030995.html -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/5

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-07-14 Thread Roanoke
Not just an nvidia issue - ATI Catalyst with open source drivers also fails to render it correctly. -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ub

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-07-14 Thread John Cottier
I have this issue with both my home PC (nvidia MX400) and work PC (nvidia Geforce 7300). I changed from the Nouveau driver on my work PC because it is buggy. Small fonts have bits missing in them making some words unreadable. But the huge ugly Ubuntu logo with the nvidia driver is embarrassing in a

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-07-04 Thread Steve Langasek
** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-07-04 Thread aviramof
Did anyone tried the latest x-swat drivers? they worked for me with maverick as i said before. -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-07-04 Thread Paul
I am also experiencing this after installing the proprietary nvidia driver. http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Fix-the-Big-and-Ugly-Plymouth-Logo-in-Ubuntu-10-04-140810.shtml help me partially. Now splash moved to the left on 1-2 cm. ** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => C

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-07-01 Thread Maxim Heijndijk
@madbiologist: Thanks for the link but NV50 has TODO status for TV out. Combined with this message: "Please note, that each item in the matrix is either a big or a huge piece of functionality, so the matrix is updated rarely." I think this is gonna take ages. I think it would be wiser to wait for

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-06-26 Thread aviramof
ubuntu logo i meant if i could i would upload pictures later my problem is that ubuntu doesn't support my v3m mobile phone so it's quite difficult to take pictures and upload them i posted a new bug about that. -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphi

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-06-26 Thread aviramof
Just to let you know everything is working fine for me now i use maverick with the latest x-swat fglrx-installer and at log of and log on i have ubuntu login working perfectly he's slightly bigger then when using xorg but he's still good enaf for me he's not hugh or anything and he's sleek so wh

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-06-26 Thread Mauricio Parra Casado
I think i give up, I've tried everything and nothing works for me, btw I have a NVidia GeForce GT 130M on a HP HDX-16 1370 -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-06-23 Thread madbiologist
You will probably want to monitor the page at http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/FeatureMatrix -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-06-22 Thread Maxim Heijndijk
GeForce 8400 GS -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-06-22 Thread madbiologist
The last report I could find about NVIDIA TV-out with the open source Nouveau driver was http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzgzNA I did find a later report about benchmarking Fedora which briefly mentioned that Nouveau TV-out is still being worked on. Maxim - what model is your

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-06-22 Thread madbiologist
Thanks, this is useful. If you are experiencing the same issue as bug #570879 please click the link "This bug affects 13 people. Does this bug affect you?" on that bug and subscribe to that bug as well so that you receive updates. -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia p

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-06-22 Thread Maxim Heijndijk
I use the Nvidia proprietary driver to get the TV-out working. -- Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubu

Re: [Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-06-21 Thread guymac
On 6/21/10 5:07 AM, madbiologist wrote: > Speaking of getting the job done, can I ask everyone why you are using > the fglrx (Catalyst) driver instead of the open-source radeon driver? > If you have an Evergreen series (HD5xxx) card I understand - there is no > need to reply, but what about other p

Re: [Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver

2010-06-21 Thread James Ronald Collings
FYI, I own an old iPhone which I use as a pod but I make calls with my Nexus One. Sent from my Nexus One running Android On Jun 21, 2010 8:15 AM, "madbiologist" wrote: @James Ronald Collings - I guess you have an Iphone too. That's fine, but personally I'm much more interested in how well it w

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