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Fixing boot screen (Plymouth) after installing proprietary Nvidia display drivers

1. To see supported resolutions by your monitor press C whilst in GRUB and enter vbeinfo

Important

Step 2 and 3 must be perfomed as root!

2. Edit /etc/default/grub and add after line #GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480 (for better readability)

Note

Here use your supported resolution obtained in step 1
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1280x1024-32

3.
echo "FRAMEBUFFER=y" | sudo tee -a /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash
update-initramfs -u -k all update-grub

4. Reboot