Restoring the usual graphical boot panel

[Paul Smith]

Dear All,

After having installed the NVidia proprietary drivers, the usual boot
panel with a ball with an "F" in the middle does not show up anymore;
now, I get a bar at the bottom of the screen, which increases its
length as the booting activity is progressing. Is it possible to get
back the usual graphical boot panel?

Thanks in advance,

Paul

[Joe Zeff]

On 02/25/2015 12:00 AM, Paul Smith wrote:
> After having installed the NVidia proprietary drivers, the usual boot
> panel with a ball with an "F" in the middle does not show up anymore;
> now, I get a bar at the bottom of the screen, which increases its
> length as the booting activity is progressing. Is it possible to get
> back the usual graphical boot panel?

Only by removing the nVidia drivers.  Sorry.

[Paul Smith]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 8:06 AM, Joe Zeff  wrote:
> > After having installed the NVidia proprietary drivers, the usual boot
> > panel with a ball with an "F" in the middle does not show up anymore;
> > now, I get a bar at the bottom of the screen, which increases its
> > length as the booting activity is progressing. Is it possible to get
> > back the usual graphical boot panel?
>
> Only by removing the nVidia drivers.  Sorry.

Thanks, Joe. That is not a big problem this nVidia drivers side effect!

Paul

[Ronal B Morse]

On Wed, 2015-02-25 at 08:16 +0000, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 8:06 AM, Joe Zeff  wrote:
> > > After having installed the NVidia proprietary drivers, the usual boot
> > > panel with a ball with an "F" in the middle does not show up anymore;
> > > now, I get a bar at the bottom of the screen, which increases its
> > > length as the booting activity is progressing. Is it possible to get
> > > back the usual graphical boot panel?
> >
> > Only by removing the nVidia drivers.  Sorry.
>
> Thanks, Joe. That is not a big problem this nVidia drivers side effect!

May be something unique to your system. Works fine here on mine. Still,
I doubt it's worth the trouble to chase down. I believe the relationship
between the nVidia proprietary drivers and Fedora is tenuous at best.
Once working the smart course is to leave it alone and treat proposed
updates with fear and extreme skepticism.

RBM