/etc/alternatives/text.plymouth is a real file (Ubuntu Satanic Edition)

[VLD]

upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text 0.8.2-2ubuntu28
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-15.59-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-15-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu May 24 22:00:35 2012
DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/satanic-logo/satanic-logo.plymouth
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu Satanic Edition - amd64 (20110726)
MachineType: Acer Aspire 3830G
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-15-generic root=UUID=adc5274a-2ea0-4c98-973e-f8e8d523b0a3 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-15-generic root=UUID=adc5274a-2ea0-4c98-973e-f8e8d523b0a3 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: plymouth
TextPlymouth: Error: command ['readlink', '/etc/alternatives/text.plymouth'] failed with exit code 1:
Title: package plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text 0.8.2-2ubuntu28 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-05-24 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 10/25/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: V1.07
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: JM30_HR
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: V1.07
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.07:bd10/25/2011:svnAcer:pnAspire3830G:pvrV1.07:rvnAcer:rnJM30_HR:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV1.07:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 3830G
dmi.product.version: V1.07
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Please show the output of this command:

ls -l /etc/alternatives/text.plymouth

Chances are that this is a recursive symlink. Do you remember making any changes to your plymouth configuration that might explain this?

[VLD (vld666)]

# ls -l /etc/alternatives/text.plymouth
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 202 2011-07-26 21:29 /etc/alternatives/text.plymouth

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Huh; I definitely wasn't expecting *that* output. Can you please attach that file to this bug report?

Afterwards, you should be able to fix your upgrade issue by running:

sudo rm /etc/alternatives/text.plymouth
sudo ln -s /lib/plymouth/themes/satanic-text/satanic-text.plymouth /etc/alternatives/text.plymouth

[VLD (vld666)]

gedit /etc/alternatives/text.plymouth

[Plymouth Theme]
Name=Ubuntu Text
Description=Text mode theme based on ubuntu-logo theme
ModuleName=ubuntu-text

[ubuntu-text]
title=Ubuntu SE
black=0x2c001e
white=0xffffff
brown=0xff4012
blue=0x988592

ok, i'll try that and let you know :)

[VLD (vld666)]

done! fixed! thanks!

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Ok; since these contents match the Ubuntu SE theme, this doesn't look like a bug in the Ubuntu plymouth package. Closing as invalid.