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[CLOSED] Boot animation

aex

Thu May 18, 2017 3:25:02 pm

Not a mayor problem, but until recently I saw the Z of the Zorin logo while the computer was booting. Now it has changed to an ASCII "Zorin OS" with dots underneath. How come? It coincided with the switch to the NVIDIA driver. Is that the reason?

Swarfendor437

Thu May 18, 2017 6:50:52 pm

Yes, that's the reason! ;) :D

aex

Fri May 19, 2017 9:01:04 am

What's the technical background of this and is there a way to have both, a nice looking boot and the NVIDIA driver?

Accodring to this it should be possible to have both:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/362722/ ... u-releases

Swarfendor437

Fri May 19, 2017 11:58:44 am

I have had other issues with nVidia, not just the Plymouth element - it's hardly worth the hassle. Other issues relate to colour issues in Firefox/YouTube and no difference turning off hardware acceleration. I much prefer the GNU/Linux drivers to proprietary blobs. ;) :D

aex

Fri May 19, 2017 12:50:44 pm

I have NVIDIA drivers and a ok looking boot in LinuxMint. It should be possible with ZorinOS too, but as it's not super important, I'll leave it there.