Comment 4 for bug 159262

I've had the same behaviour after upgrading from Gutsy to Hardy (everything was OK in Gutsy). But I've found solution for this - installed package "startupmanager", then set resolution of screen (1024x768 in my case) and color depth (24 bits in my case) on "Startup Options" tab, hit "Close" and now everything is back again.

I also tried first workaround from Geoff Goehle but for me it showed only statis usplash screen without any "movement" in progress bar (only border). But my solution gives me whole functionality (fully-working progress bar).