Splash Screen Doesn't Have Ubuntu Logo

Ubuntu is working perfectly, but the splash screen looks similar to this:

I'm using 19.10. But I was facing similar issue with 18.04 and 19.04.

Output of sudo update-alternatives --display default.plymouth:

 link best version is /usr/share/plymouth/themes/bgrt/bgrt.plymouth
 link currently points to /usr/share/plymouth/themes/bgrt/bgrt.plymouth
 link default.plymouth is /usr/share/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth
 slave default.plymouth.grub is /usr/share/plymouth/themes/default.grub
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/bgrt/bgrt.plymouth - priority 110
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner/spinner.plymouth - priority 70
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth - priority 100
 slave default.plymouth.grub: /usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.grub
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3 Answers

This looks like you need to use a framebuffer so that you have graphics when you boot up.

Run the following commands:

echo "FRAMEBUFFER=y" | sudo tee /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash
sudo update-initramfs -u
2

That looks like a problem with plymouth. My suggestion:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall  plymouth-themes

and then.

sudo update-initramfs -u
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You can get a list of themes available via the repositories through Synaptic package manager or through the command line via aptitude:

$ aptitude search plymouth-theme
p   lubuntu-plymouth-theme        - plymouth theme for Lubuntu
p   plymouth-theme-fade-in        - graphical boot animation and logger - fade-in theme
p   plymouth-theme-glow           - graphical boot animation and logger - glow theme
i   plymouth-theme-kubuntu-logo   - graphical boot animation and logger - kubuntu-logo theme
p   plymouth-theme-sabily         - plymouth theme for Sabily
p   plymouth-theme-script         - graphical boot animation and logger - script theme
p   plymouth-theme-solar          - graphical boot animation and logger - solar theme
p   plymouth-theme-spinfinity     - graphical boot animation and logger - spinfinity theme
p   plymouth-theme-text           - graphical boot animation and logger - text theme
c   plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo    - graphical boot animation and logger - ubuntu-logo theme
i   plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text    - graphical boot animation and logger - ubuntu-logo theme
p   plymouth-theme-ubuntustudio   - Ubuntu Studio Plymouth theme
p   xubuntu-plymouth-theme        - Plymouth theme for Xubuntu

You can then install the resulting packages via Synaptic or aptitude as normal:

In your case

$ sudo aptitude install plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo

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