Boot screen does not appear

[Sam Dodrill]

Binary package hint: plymouth

I just get a blinking cursor. I have lucid with all the updates installed as of yesterday (4/2/10) and I have restored the configuration to the default one in the package. I have an intel integrated GFX card, 2GB RAM, 1.6 GHz Dual core, and its on a laptop (Tohisba A135-S4527). This might be a bug, and it might be user error, i am posting my plymouth config file just in case.
---
Architecture: i386
DefaultPlymouth: Error: command ['readlink', '/etc/alternatives/default.plymouth'] failed with exit code 1:
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite A135
Package: plymouth 0.8.1-4
PackageArchitecture: i386
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-15-generic root=UUID=d71d65b6-6455-4505-9292-0fcf3c266276 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB:
 0 inteldrmfb
 1 VGA16 VGA
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-15.22-generic
Tags: lucid ubuntu-une
TextPlymouth: Error: command ['readlink', '/etc/alternatives/text.plymouth'] failed with exit code 1:
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-15-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 08/15/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.bios.version: V1.70
dmi.board.name: IAKAA
dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.board.version: 1.00
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: *
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvrV1.70:bd08/15/2007:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteA135:pvrPSAD0U-05400P:rvnTOSHIBA:rnIAKAA:rvr1.00:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Satellite A135
dmi.product.version: PSAD0U-05400P
dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Please run 'apport-collect 554681'. In the future, please report bugs using ubuntu-bug where possible.

[Sam Dodrill (shadow-h511)]

apport information

[Sam Dodrill (shadow-h511)]

apport information

[Sam Dodrill (shadow-h511)]

apport information

[Sam Dodrill (shadow-h511)]

apport information

[Sam Dodrill (shadow-h511)]

apport information

[Sam Dodrill (shadow-h511)]

apport information

[Sam Dodrill (shadow-h511)]

apport information

[Sam Dodrill (shadow-h511)]

apport information

[Sam Dodrill (shadow-h511)]

apport information

[Sam Dodrill (shadow-h511)]

apport information

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Thanks.

If you run the following commands, does the boot splash show up?

  echo FRAMEBUFFER=y | sudo tee /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/plymouth
  sudo update-initramfs -u

[Sam Dodrill (shadow-h511)]

grep: /lib/plymouth/themes/text.plymouth: No such file or directory
grep: /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth: No such file or directory

does this have anything to do with it?

--
Ubuntu FTW!

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Oh - yes, sorry; it appears you don't have the plymouth theme packages installed, despite them being recommended by plymouth and by ubuntu-standard.

Please remove /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/plymouth again, install the plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text and plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo packages, and see if that gives you the expected splash screen.

[Sam Dodrill (shadow-h511)]

THat fixed it

On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Steve Langasek <<email address hidden>
> wrote:

> Oh - yes, sorry; it appears you don't have the plymouth theme packages
> installed, despite them being recommended by plymouth and by ubuntu-
> standard.
>
> Please remove /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/plymouth again, install the
> plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text and plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo packages, and
> see if that gives you the expected splash screen.
>
> --
> Boot screen does not appear
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554681
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: plymouth
>
> I just get a blinking cursor. I have lucid with all the updates installed
> as of yesterday (4/2/10) and I have restored the configuration to the
> default one in the package. I have an intel integrated GFX card, 2GB RAM,
> 1.6 GHz Dual core, and its on a laptop (Tohisba A135-S4527). This might be
> a bug, and it might be user error, i am posting my plymouth config file just
> in case.
> ---
> Architecture: i386
> DefaultPlymouth: Error: command ['readlink',
> '/etc/alternatives/default.plymouth'] failed with exit code 1:
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
> MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite A135
> Package: plymouth 0.8.1-4
> PackageArchitecture: i386
> PccardctlIdent:
> Socket 0:
> no product info available
> PccardctlStatus:
> Socket 0:
> no card
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-15-generic
> root=UUID=d71d65b6-6455-4505-9292-0fcf3c266276 ro quiet splash
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.utf8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcFB:
> 0 inteldrmfb
> 1 VGA16 VGA
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-15.22-generic
> Tags: lucid ubuntu-une
> TextPlymouth: Error: command ['readlink',
> '/etc/alternatives/text.plymouth'] failed with exit code 1:
> Uname: Linux 2.6.32-15-generic i686
> UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
> dmi.bios.date: 08/15/2007
> dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA
> dmi.bios.version: V1.70
> dmi.board.name: IAKAA
> dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
> dmi.board.version: 1.00
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: *
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA
> dmi.chassis.version: N/A
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvrV1.70:bd08/15/2007:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteA135:pvrPSAD0U-05400P:rvnTOSHIBA:rnIAKAA:rvr1.00:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrN/A:
> dmi.product.name: Satellite A135
> dmi.product.version: PSAD0U-05400P
> dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA
>
>
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/554681/+subscribe
>

--
Ubuntu FTW!

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Ok - without those packages, it's not expected that you would have a boot splash, but users will have one by default. Closing this as invalid.