Comment 63 for bug 147623

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Jeremy LaCroix (jlacroix82-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Re: [Bug 147623] Re: [amd64 + nvidia 8xxx] usplash shows nothing

I completely agree, this is a massive bug, due to not knowing what's going
on when the system boots. When the machine needs to fsck, people are just
going to assume nothing is happening and cut off the power to the PC in the
middle of the check. That can be dangerous.

On Feb 6, 2008 12:37 PM, Chris Lockfort <email address hidden> wrote:

> I have this problem on 7.10 using 8600M GT.
> I believe the importance might need to be upgraded; when the machine
> decides to fsck, or if there is an error, I am left looking at a black
> screen for an extremely long time sometimes with no idea of what's happening
> or what to do to fix it, with only my guessing that it's doing a fsck from
> the hard disk activity light. And if there's a critical error, I probably
> won't know it at all.
>
> --
> [amd64 + nvidia 8xxx] usplash shows nothing
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147623
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