I can confirm this on 1 of my computers. My EEE 1000H displays the boot graphic fine but my desktop doesn't.
$ lspci -v|grep -i nvidia 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400 GS] (rev a1) Kernel driver in use: nvidia Kernel modules: nvidia-173, nvidiafb, nouveau -- xubuntu logo in plymouth splash screen looks like it has spider webs in it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/552000 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