I'm not sure comment #6 is the same bug. Here's what one of my affected ThinkPads does. Plymouth can't find working graphics (race condition with something??) and reverts to text mode:
00:00:07.541 ply-device-manager.c:917:create_devices_from_udev : Timeout elapsed, looking for devices from udev 00:00:07.541 ply-device-manager.c:331:create_devices_for_subsystem : creating objects for drm devices 00:00:07.542 ply-device-manager.c:351:create_devices_for_subsystem : found device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 00:00:07.542 ply-device-manager.c:374:create_devices_for_subsystem : it's not initialized 00:00:07.542 ply-device-manager.c:351:create_devices_for_subsystem : found device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0/card0-DP-1 00:00:07.542 ply-device-manager.c:374:create_devices_for_subsystem : it's not initialized 00:00:07.542 ply-device-manager.c:351:create_devices_for_subsystem : found device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0/card0-DP-2 00:00:07.542 ply-device-manager.c:374:create_devices_for_subsystem : it's not initialized 00:00:07.542 ply-device-manager.c:351:create_devices_for_subsystem : found device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0/card0-HDMI-A-1 00:00:07.542 ply-device-manager.c:374:create_devices_for_subsystem : it's not initialized 00:00:07.542 ply-device-manager.c:351:create_devices_for_subsystem : found device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0/card0-HDMI-A-2 00:00:07.542 ply-device-manager.c:374:create_devices_for_subsystem : it's not initialized 00:00:07.542 ply-device-manager.c:351:create_devices_for_subsystem : found device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0/card0-eDP-1 00:00:07.542 ply-device-manager.c:374:create_devices_for_subsystem : it's not initialized 00:00:07.542 ply-device-manager.c:351:create_devices_for_subsystem : found device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/renderD128 00:00:07.542 ply-device-manager.c:374:create_devices_for_subsystem : it's not initialized 00:00:07.542 ply-device-manager.c:331:create_devices_for_subsystem : creating objects for frame buffer devices 00:00:07.542 ply-device-manager.c:351:create_devices_for_subsystem : found device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/graphics/fb0 00:00:07.542 ply-device-manager.c:374:create_devices_for_subsystem : it's not initialized 00:00:07.542 ply-device-manager.c:351:create_devices_for_subsystem : found device /sys/devices/virtual/graphics/fbcon 00:00:07.542 ply-device-manager.c:374:create_devices_for_subsystem : it's not initialized 00:00:07.542 ply-device-manager.c:925:create_devices_from_udev : Creating non-graphical devices, since there's no suitable graphics hardware 00:00:07.542 ply-device-manager.c:786:create_devices_for_terminal_and_rende: creating devices for (renderer type: 4294967295) (terminal: /dev/tty1) 00:00:07.542 main.c:1001:on_keyboard_added : listening for keystrokes 00:00:07.542 main.c:1005:on_keyboard_added : listening for escape 00:00:07.542 main.c:1009:on_keyboard_added : listening for backspace 00:00:07.542 main.c:1013:on_keyboard_added : listening for enter 00:00:07.542 ply-terminal.c:637:ply_terminal_open : trying to open terminal '/dev/tty1' 00:00:07.542 ply-terminal.c:430:ply_terminal_refresh_geometry : looking up terminal text geometry 00:00:07.542 ply-terminal.c:442:ply_terminal_refresh_geometry : terminal is now 240x67 text cells 00:00:07.542 ply-terminal.c:480:get_active_vt : Remembering that initial vt is 7 00:00:07.542 ply-device-manager.c:759:create_text_displays_for_terminal : adding text display for terminal /dev/tty1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1838725 Title: Plymouth fails to display graphical splash screens on some machines, shows text mode dots animation instead. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1838725/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
