plymouth --ping hangs, stalling dpkg configure

[nachokb]

Installed updates via apt, and it was getting stuck on keyboard-configuration.

I started playing around with its postinst script and realized it was stuck on
plymouth --ping (so I removes that line and had the script assume plymouth was
present as it is). Now I find the same problem on console-setup-linux.

Will fix doing the same thing, but now I'm sure this means that plymought has
really frozen on my system.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: plymouth 0.9.2-3ubuntu16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-12.13-generic 4.12.8
Uname: Linux 4.12.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Fri Sep 8 05:37:57 2017
DefaultPlymouth: /usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-04 (4 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170903)
MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. N56VZ
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.12.0-12-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=06d5f09c-095f-48b5-b863-9932af30cf73 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcFB:
 0 nouveaufb
 1 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.12.0-12-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=06d5f09c-095f-48b5-b863-9932af30cf73 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: plymouth
TextPlymouth: /usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 05/11/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: N56VZ.204
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: N56VZ
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrN56VZ.204:bd05/11/2012:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnN56VZ:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnN56VZ:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.family: N
dmi.product.name: N56VZ
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[horizon brave (horizonbrave)]

I've got the same bug after installing today's 17.10 daily image and trying to update with Software Updater. I added a comment here because I don't understand bug #1705345 (which this bug should be a duplicate of). Sorry for that

[Jordon Moss (strikerthehedgefox)]

Just got this today.