Hi Steve, I am not sure about EFI. My PC is not at all new (Dell E521) and it seems to have a standard BIOS to me. The only slightly unusual thing is that I boot it from an external USB hard drive, as this is all just experimental. My SATA drive still has 10.04 on it. Is it possible that the system "thinks" I have EFI when I dont, and that is messing things up?
On 04/05/12 21:12, Steve Langasek wrote: > Thanks, yes, you added it correctly and that's the logfile we're looking > for. > > This particular log shows that plymouth could not find any graphical > output to connect to, which is unusual. > > [./plugin.c] create_backend:creating renderer > backend for device /dev/dri/card0 > [./plugin.c] load_driver:Attempting to load > driver '(null)' > [./plugin.c] load_driver:drmOpen failed > [ply-renderer.c] ply_renderer_open:could not open > rendering device for plugin /lib/plymouth/renderers/drm.so > [./plugin.c] create_backend:creating renderer > backend for device /dev/fb0 > [ply-terminal.c] ply_terminal_open:trying to open > terminal '/dev/tty7' > [ply-terminal.c] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:looking up > terminal text geometry > [ply-terminal.c] ply_terminal_look_up_geometry:terminal is > now 80x43 text cells > [./plugin.c] query_device:Visual is > FB_VISUAL_TRUECOLOR; not using graphics > [ply-renderer.c] ply_renderer_open:could not > query rendering device for plugin /lib/plymouth/renderers/frame-buffer.so > > What's unusual here is that FB_VISUAL_TRUECOLOR is exactly the one we > want. > > Can you install the fbset package, and try running the following > command: > > sudo fbset -i > > I also see in your dmesg output that this is a system that boots with > EFI. So it's possible there's a race condition here in the handoff > between the EFI framebuffer and the nouveau framebuffer, that causes > plymouth-splash to try to start too early. > > ** Summary changed: > > - blank screen on startup > + [nouveaufb, efifb] blank screen on startup > > ** Summary changed: > > - [nouveaufb, efifb] blank screen on startup > + [nouveaufb, efifb] blank screen on startup, "Visual is FB_VISUAL_TRUECOLOR; > not using graphics" > > ** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Medium > Scanned by Google Postini - Managed email security from Google Apps -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/989793 Title: [nouveaufb, efifb] blank screen on startup, "Visual is FB_VISUAL_TRUECOLOR; not using graphics" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/989793/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
