Comment 2 for bug 68218

Having recently serviced this bug reporter's computer, I confirm.

Near the end of the boot process, virtual consoles display a distorted image with fast moving horizontal bars scrolling past, similar to when the vhold of a monitor is off range.

At shutdown or reboot, the same garbage appears on the virtual console.

The user's screen resolution is 1024x768 (and correctly configured in the usplash configuration file).