Comment 23 for bug 150930

same problem on Acer Travelmate 4001 LMi (1024 x 768): no bootsplash at startup, but at shutdown everything was fine. and it took some minutes (more than normal) to boot.

for me worked the workaround posted by bluwShark, but even without adding a line to grub's menu.lst:

1) changed the resolution in /etc/usplash.conf to 1024x768:
   xres=1024
   yres=786
2) executed the following:
sudo update-initramfs -u -k `uname -r`

now the bootsplash woks as it should, and the boot time is normal too.
so, thank you guys for helping :)
witti