Comment 83 for bug 516412

@Steve:

  $ dpkg -l | grep plymouth
  ii libplymouth2 0.8.0~-9ubuntu1
  ii plymouth 0.8.0~-9ubuntu1

> please provide all the following information:
> - did you see an Ubuntu logo at boot?
  No. I see a C in the middle of the screen, and the blue/white moving bars across the bottom.

> - if you don't see an Ubuntu logo, do you see a blue and white bar at the bottom of your screen?
  yes

> - show the output of 'cat /proc/fb'
  $ cat /proc/fb
  0 VGA16 VGA

> - show the output of 'ps aw | grep X.*vt'
  $ ps aw | grep X.*vt
   1364 tty7 Ss+ 0:12 /usr/bin/X :1 -br -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-d8TatG/database -nolisten tcp vt7

> - if you have nvidia video hardware, please mention if you're using nouveau or the binary driver.
  The real driver (nvidia-current, currently 190.53-0ubuntu14)

> - does the problem with X freezing persist for you?
  NOT ANYMORE, THANK YOU! :-)

> - if you *don't* see the Ubuntu logo at boot, or if it disappeared before the X cursor appeared,
> and X does not freeze for you, is this reproducible across multiple reboots or do you still
> sometimes hit the freeze?
  I'll let you know! The freeze had been consistent earlier, which is why I'd restored an older version of Plymouth, and blocked it from updating.