This fix worked for me. From a vanilla install. Instead of 12 seconds of blinking black cursor before plymouth I now have a smooth boot experience.
gksu gedit /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash and add this option FRAMEBUFFER=y, save the file, then sudo update-initramfs -u -- [Lucid] plymouth does not display when using nvidia drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/506717 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
