Something I've observed is that this only occurs when the computer is booting and auto-logging-in to my account. If I log out and log in again from gdm, I get a beautiful crossfade to my desktop, reasonably quickly.
-- xsplash should crossfade during boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435324 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