I can confirm this problem. Same hardware, same behaviour. I've attached the output of lspci.
** Attachment added: "lspci output" http://librarian.launchpad.net/4938682/lspci -- No usplash on boot/shutdown https://launchpad.net/bugs/68012 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
