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So, after installing Ubuntu, I was having problems with the Plymouth splash screen- it was not showing up during booting, nor when I shut my PC down. Sometimes it did show, but very rarely and only for a sec!

Then I found this link to a post who had similar problems; I myself have an Intel built-in graphics card, so followed the instructions given in that post(this one), and my problem has now been resolved...

But during the troubleshooting, I got some warning/error messages that shows something like this:

sudo update-initramfs -u
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-28-generic
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_dmc_ver1_01.bin for module i915

What's with this missing firmware? I got the same message for some other commands too while troubleshooting Plymouth...

If anyone could clarify why this message is showing up I would very much appreciate it...

Thanks in advance...

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  • what version of Ubuntu ?
    the following may be of us; note: i've not used/tested it https://gist.github.com/zas/205372c824decb8e121baec2f86e1415 or (found at first url) https://askubuntu.com/questions/832524/updated-kernel-to-4-8-now-missing-firmware-warnings/832528#832528     – guiverc Sep 22 '17 at 06:38

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Do you have an intel graphics card?

This message means that a kernel module (i915) need a firmware file, but it can't find it.

If you do not use the i915 module or your graphics card does not use this particular firmware, you can ignore the error.

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