Comment 41 for bug 564471

This workarountd works for me: http://kyleabaker.com/2010/07/11/how-to-fix-your-ubuntu-boot-screen/ It uses uvesafb framebuffer, hence it is somewhat slower and you have to specify proper resolution. But at least with this approach plymouth correctly displays graphical greeting on my Thinkpad R51 with Mobility Radion 9000.