Public bug reported:
I tried the plymouth-theme-spinner package to test the flicker free vendor logo
boot process.
When shutting down the machine, everything works as expected. On my XPS 9380
system, the Dell logo is displayed and the white spinner spins until the
machine shuts down.
At boot, the Dell logo is shown by the UEFI firmware, then grub switches
immediatly (without timeout) to the linux kernel. Then Plymouth blanks
the screen and leaves an empty black screen until the graphical session
starts (Wayland or Xorg, it does not matter).
Here is the relevant portion of the plymouth debug log:
---
00:00:03.245 ./plugin.c:934:create_plugin :
Using '/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner' as working directory
...
00:00:03.246 main.c:1718:load_theme :
attaching plugin to event loop
00:00:03.246 main.c:1721:load_theme :
attaching progress to plugin
00:00:03.246 ply-boot-splash.c:138:ply_boot_splash_add_pixel_display :
adding 1920x1080 pixel display
00:00:03.246 ./plugin.c:1480:add_pixel_display :
adding pixel display to plugin
00:00:03.246 ply-device-manager.c:1029:ply_device_manager_activate_renderer:
activating renderers
00:00:03.246 ply-boot-splash.c:486:ply_boot_splash_show :
showing splash screen
00:00:03.246 ./plugin.c:1538:show_splash_screen :
loading lock image
00:00:03.246 ply-boot-splash.c:492:ply_boot_splash_show :
can't show splash: No such file or directory
00:00:03.246 ply-boot-splash.c:390:ply_boot_splash_free :
freeing splash
00:00:03.246 main.c:489:show_default_splash :
Could not start default splash screen,showing text splash screen
---
note that i uninstalled plymouth-text. If it is installed then the dummy
plymouth text is shown instead of the spinner one.
My hypothesis is the following :
- the bgrt theme contains in its theme file :
ImageDir=/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner
- the initramfs hook for plymouth only copies the theme directory (bgrt) not
the one referenced in the theme file. I checked it using lsinitramfs on the
newly generated initramfs image.
- At boot, when plymouth tries to find files under
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner, my real root is not mounted yet, plymouth
cannot find the files and bails.
If I modify the bgrt theme as follows:
- change the line ImageDir to reference
ImageDir=/usr/share/plymouth/themes/bgrt
- copy all the image files from the spinner directory to the bgrt directory
- regenerates the initramfs
Then plymouth works as expected, I have the Dell logo and spinner at
boot, or the resume message when exiting from hibernate [*].
I have a ZFS root partition on an nvme disk (might explain why my root
partition is not up at that time ?).
[*] Small caveat, on my system it seems there is a mode change after the
kernel boot and while plymouth starts, hence my boot is not "flicker
free" but this seems like a driver related issue.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: plymouth-theme-spinner 0.9.4git20190712-0ubuntu4.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-25.27-generic 5.3.13
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Dec 17 14:49:09 2019
DefaultPlymouth: /usr/share/plymouth/themes/bgrt/bgrt.plymouth
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-10-19 (58 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS 13 9380
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/BOOT/ubuntu_5to4s3@/vmlinuz-5.3.0-25-generic
root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_5to4s3 ro plymouth:debug
resume=UUID=136e5fef-7afe-4cb4-a996-e2d01f197738 quiet splash vt.handoff=1
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/BOOT/ubuntu_5to4s3@/vmlinuz-5.3.0-25-generic
root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_5to4s3 ro plymouth:debug
resume=UUID=136e5fef-7afe-4cb4-a996-e2d01f197738 quiet splash vt.handoff=1
SourcePackage: plymouth
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 10/01/2019
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.8.0
dmi.board.name: 0KTW76
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.8.0:bd10/01/2019:svnDellInc.:pnXPS139380:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0KTW76:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.family: XPS
dmi.product.name: XPS 13 9380
dmi.product.sku: 08AF
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
** Affects: plymouth (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug eoan package-from-proposed wayland-session
** Description changed:
I tried the plymouth-theme-spinner package to test the flicker free vendor
logo boot process.
- When shutting down the machine, everything works as expected. On my XPS 9380
system, the DELL shows and the white spinner spins until the machine shuts down.
+ When shutting down the machine, everything works as expected. On my XPS 9380
system, the Dell logo is displayed and the white spinner spins until the
machine shuts down.
- At boot, the Dell logo is shown by the UEFI firmware then grub switches
- immediatly (without timeout) the linux kernel. Then Plymouth blanks the
- screen leaves an empty black screen until the graphical session starts.
+ At boot, the Dell logo is shown by the UEFI firmware, then grub switches
+ immediatly (without timeout) to the linux kernel. Then Plymouth blanks
+ the screen and leaves an empty black screen until the graphical session
+ starts (Wayland or Xorg, it does not matter).
Here is the relevant portion of the plymouth debug log:
---
00:00:03.245 ./plugin.c:934:create_plugin :
Using '/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner' as working directory
...
00:00:03.246 main.c:1718:load_theme :
attaching plugin to event loop
00:00:03.246 main.c:1721:load_theme :
attaching progress to plugin
00:00:03.246 ply-boot-splash.c:138:ply_boot_splash_add_pixel_display :
adding 1920x1080 pixel display
00:00:03.246 ./plugin.c:1480:add_pixel_display :
adding pixel display to plugin
00:00:03.246 ply-device-manager.c:1029:ply_device_manager_activate_renderer:
activating renderers
00:00:03.246 ply-boot-splash.c:486:ply_boot_splash_show :
showing splash screen
00:00:03.246 ./plugin.c:1538:show_splash_screen :
loading lock image
00:00:03.246 ply-boot-splash.c:492:ply_boot_splash_show :
can't show splash: No such file or directory
00:00:03.246 ply-boot-splash.c:390:ply_boot_splash_free :
freeing splash
00:00:03.246 main.c:489:show_default_splash :
Could not start default splash screen,showing text splash screen
---
note that i uninstalled plymouth-text. If it is installed then the dummy
plymouth text is shown instead of the spinner one.
My hypothesis is the following :
- - the bgrt theme used contains in its theme file :
+ - the bgrt theme contains in its theme file :
ImageDir=/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner
- the initramfs hook for plymouth only copies the theme directory (bgrt) not
the one referenced in the theme file. I checked it using lsinitramfs on the
newly generated initramfs image.
- - At boot, when plymouth tries to find files under
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner, my real root is not mounted yet, plymouth
cannot find the files an bails.
+ - At boot, when plymouth tries to find files under
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner, my real root is not mounted yet, plymouth
cannot find the files and bails.
If I modify the bgrt theme as follows:
- change the line ImageDir to reference
ImageDir=/usr/share/plymouth/themes/bgrt
- copy all the image files from the spinner directory to the bgrt directory
- regenerates the initramfs
Then plymouth works as expected, I have the Dell logo and spinner at
boot, or the resume message when exiting from hibernate [*].
I have a ZFS root partition on an nvme disk (might explain why my root
partition is not up at that time ?).
-
- [*] Small caveat, on my system it seems there is a mode change between grub
and plymouth hence my boot is not "flicker free" but this seems like a driver
related issue.
+ [*] Small caveat, on my system it seems there is a mode change after the
+ kernel boot and while plymouth starts, hence my boot is not "flicker
+ free" but this seems like a driver related issue.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: plymouth-theme-spinner 0.9.4git20190712-0ubuntu4.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-25.27-generic 5.3.13
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Dec 17 14:49:09 2019
DefaultPlymouth: /usr/share/plymouth/themes/bgrt/bgrt.plymouth
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-10-19 (58 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS 13 9380
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/BOOT/ubuntu_5to4s3@/vmlinuz-5.3.0-25-generic
root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_5to4s3 ro plymouth:debug
resume=UUID=136e5fef-7afe-4cb4-a996-e2d01f197738 quiet splash vt.handoff=1
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/BOOT/ubuntu_5to4s3@/vmlinuz-5.3.0-25-generic
root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_5to4s3 ro plymouth:debug
resume=UUID=136e5fef-7afe-4cb4-a996-e2d01f197738 quiet splash vt.handoff=1
SourcePackage: plymouth
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 10/01/2019
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.8.0
dmi.board.name: 0KTW76
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.8.0:bd10/01/2019:svnDellInc.:pnXPS139380:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0KTW76:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.family: XPS
dmi.product.name: XPS 13 9380
dmi.product.sku: 08AF
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
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