Bootsplash Doesn't Appear on Boot

LearnLinuxTV commented 6 years ago

I am not sure if this is the correct place to report this, but the boot splash screen doesn't appear in 18.04 during boot. During installation, I chose to encrypt my disk. The boot splash did appear in 17.10 on this same laptop, but doesn't appear in 18.04. As a result, the text telling me to unlock the screen is so tiny I can barely read it. In fact, I thought the boot had failed until I saw the text in the top-left corner, and I almost reinstalled thinking the installation had failed.

ghost commented 6 years ago

I can confirm this. No matter with or without disk encryption enabled. This isn't userfriendly enough...

mmstick commented 6 years ago

It's been removed because it causes issue with some graphics cards and the encryption prompt. If you want to enable it, you can do the following:

sudo apt install plymouth-theme-pop-logo

EFI

Edit /etc/kernelstub/configuration and add splash to the kernel_options in the user section.

sudo kernelstub -v

BIOS

sudo apt purge grub-pop-disable-splash

ghost commented 6 years ago

Would it be possible to only enable it on the Intel/AMD images since Nvidia's drivers are dorky? Maybe someone needs to fix the encryption prompt.

LearnLinuxTV commented 6 years ago

I agree with koyuawsmbrtn, if there's a way to enable it for supported graphics, that would be ideal. As it stands now, the splash screen worked great in 17.10, and also works great by default in Ubuntu 18.04. I would consider this bug a regression.

WatchMkr commented 6 years ago

We plan to implement a lighter solution than Plymouth for the simple boot process we want to create. It will come in a future update. We understand it’s a little rough now but we’ll make it nice.

isantop commented 6 years ago

A large part of why it was removed was due to the animation taking longer than the system takes to boot. In effect, the animation would start, the boot would finish, and then the computer sits playing the animation for a full second or so before the boot can finish. Removing the splash screen thus significantly cuts back on boot times.

LearnLinuxTV commented 6 years ago

How significant are we talking? IMHO, not having a splash screen doesn't present a good experience to the user. In my case, I literally thought my install failed, I could barely read the text asking me for the unlock password. I can certainly understand wanting to make the boot time faster, but if the difference is only 1-2 seconds, I'd say having a splash screen is worth it. The end-user experience will degrade a bit from not having this.

WatchMkr commented 6 years ago

Hey Jay, we will be making a simple GUI for the password prompt.

Also, I think you're running from an install just before release. If you run "sudo update-initramfs -u" I believe the console font size will increase.

LearnLinuxTV commented 6 years ago

It's the final version, the font size did get larger, but it was still very jarring. The rest of the distribution is extremely beautiful and well-designed, and the lack of a boot splash looks very out of place.

brs17 commented 6 years ago

https://github.com/pop-os/plymouth-theme/pull/5 Should close this issue.

devsaumya commented 4 years ago

It's been removed because it causes issue with some graphics cards and the encryption prompt. If you want to enable it, you can do the following:
sudo apt install plymouth-theme-pop-logo
EFI

Edit /etc/kernelstub/configuration and add splash to the kernel_options in the user section.
sudo kernelstub -v
BIOS
sudo apt purge grub-pop-disable-splash

Does not work for me on 20.04 LTS, can anyone help

felkal commented 4 years ago

It's been removed because it causes issue with some graphics cards and the encryption prompt. If you want to enable it, you can do the following:
sudo apt install plymouth-theme-pop-logo
EFI

Edit /etc/kernelstub/configuration and add splash to the kernel_options in the user section.
sudo kernelstub -v
BIOS
sudo apt purge grub-pop-disable-splash
Does not work for me on 20.04 LTS, can anyone help

Same for me, any suggestions?

gerazo commented 4 years ago

After installing plymouth-theme-pop-logo package, you should select this plymouth theme as well. After sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth select the pop-logo theme instead of the current pop-basic one, and update initramfs sudo update-initramfs -u

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