Same here: problem still exists. On my laptop (Thinkpad T440 with Intel graphics) I have the problem only when booting when connected to my two external monitors through the docking station. When booting normally I can see the plymouth graphics on the laptop screen. On my desktop system with AMD graphics (see details below) I *always* get the gray screen with three green dots. Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Caicos [Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 / R5 230 OEM] Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 ) drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz OpenGL: renderer: AMD CAICOS (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.15.2-1-default, LLVM 5.0.1) version: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc3