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 high resolution mode.
** Tags added: ati grub initramfs maverick nvidia plymouth -- 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 mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs