Unity System Compositor

startup displays bits from vram or just black instead of plymouth splash

Bug #1210826 reported by Doug McMahon
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Mir
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned
Unity System Compositor
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned
plymouth (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

As described, one sees a 'mosaic' of what's in vram instead of plymouth splash. Restarts take longer than usual with u-s-c so the disturbed screen may be mis-leading to users

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: unity-system-compositor 0.0.1+13.10.20130810.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-6.17-generic 3.10.3
Uname: Linux 3.10.0-6-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Aug 10 12:57:56 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-07 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130803)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: unity-system-compositor
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Doug McMahon (mc3man) wrote :
summary: - restsrts & shutdowns display bits from vram instead of plymouth splash
+ restarts & shutdowns display bits from vram instead of plymouth splash
with nouveau
Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)
affects: unity-system-compositor (Ubuntu) → unity-system-compositor
Revision history for this message
Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote : Re: restarts & shutdowns display bits from vram instead of plymouth splash with nouveau

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu Package testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://packages.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1210826

tags: added: package-qa-testing
Revision history for this message
Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) wrote :

Likely to be a bug in mir and/or xmir.

Changed in unity-system-compositor:
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in mir:
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in xmir:
importance: Undecided → Medium
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
summary: - restarts & shutdowns display bits from vram instead of plymouth splash
- with nouveau
+ restarts & shutdowns display bits from vram or just black instead of
+ plymouth splash
Changed in mir:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity-system-compositor:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in xmir:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in plymouth (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
Revision history for this message
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote : Re: restarts & shutdowns display bits from vram or just black instead of plymouth splash

With recent updates, this bug appears to be fixed for me. Can anyone confirm?

Changed in mir:
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Changed in unity-system-compositor:
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Changed in xmir:
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Changed in plymouth (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Doug McMahon (mc3man) wrote :

Can't really confirm on only current available nouveau machine (8600m
shutdowns - clean
restarts - a quick flash, hardly noticeable on the exit end however still happening for 1.5 -2 sec on the start up side right before the greeter loads.
See either a 'art deco' black & white stepped stair design or more often elements of previous windows & or the desktop, ect.

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Doug,

If you mean "starts" rather than "restarts" (i.e. there is no shutdown involved) then that's what this bug should be about.

I'm only talking about shutdowns, per duplicate bug 1218724.

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Doug McMahon (mc3man) wrote :

It *was* seen previously on fresh/restarts & shutdowns. Currently shutdowns are ok
As far as fresh & restarts, appears directly before the greeter screen for 1-2 seconds or so, sometimes 'bleeds into the greeter for a moment.
As far as a restart, before exiting some flashing occurs, usually quite brief

Doug McMahon (mc3man)
Changed in mir:
status: Incomplete → New
Changed in unity-system-compositor:
status: Incomplete → New
Changed in xmir:
status: Incomplete → New
Revision history for this message
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

OK, I've divided this bug in two:
  Restarts: This bug.
  Shutdown: bug 1218724

summary: - restarts & shutdowns display bits from vram or just black instead of
- plymouth splash
+ startup displays bits from vram or just black instead of plymouth splash
Revision history for this message
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Can you please retest the final saucy release? It should contain a fix for bug 1236712 which is the only explanation I can think of for this one.

Changed in mir:
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in unity-system-compositor:
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in xmir:
status: New → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Doug McMahon (mc3man) wrote :

retested & restarts are now clean, marking invalid

Changed in mir:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
Changed in unity-system-compositor:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
Changed in xmir:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
Changed in plymouth (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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