Once you install proprietary Nvidia and ATI drivers in your Ubuntu 10.04 and boot your machine next time all you see is an big and ugly Ubuntu Plymouth logo. Though it really doesn’t too much to have that ugly Plymouth, but if you are a stickler for perfection like me then you would want to fix it to get the following nice looking Plymouth.

Following is a way to fix this:

1. Open a terminal Window and type the following command:

sudo apt-get install v86d

2. Next up in the same terminal window type the following command:

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

This should open your Grub file in Gedit editor.

3. Find the following line:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

and replace it with

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1280x1024-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap"

4. Next find the following line in your Grub file:

#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

and replace it with

GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x1024

Your Grub file should look like this:

Save the file and close it.

5. In the terminal type the following:

sudo gedit /etc/initramfs-tools/modules

And in the file that opens, add the following line:

uvesafb mode_option=1280x1024-24 mtrr=3 scroll=ywrap

The file should look like the one below:

Save the file and close it.

6. In the terminal window type the following command:

echo FRAMEBUFFER=y | sudo tee /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash

You will see something like this:

7. In the terminal Window type the following commands:

sudo update-grub2
sudo update-initramfs -u

That’s all, now you can reboot your machine to see the restored good looking Plymouth.

[via Softpedia]