Ubuntu
plymouth package

  1. Bug #535108
  2. Comment #34

Comment 34 for bug 535108

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fossfreedom (fossfreedom) wrote :

cat /proc/fb
0 inteldrmfb
1 VGA16 VGA
i.e. INTEL 855GM

Now seems worse for me as well - I removed the FRAMEBUFFER=y from /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash and did a sudo update-initramfs -u
I then updated to the latest plymouth using update-manager.
On reboot I saw the usual fsck messages, blinking cursor before GDM was displayed.
On subsequent reboot, I saw lots of blinking cursor, then very late I saw a short plymouth theme before GDM.
On subsequent reboot I saw the "mountall could not connect to plymouth" message, blinking cursor, short plymouth then GDM

On attempting to readd FRAMEBUFFER=y and doing a sudo update-initramfs -u I got the following errors:
dad@ubuntu-laptop:~$ sudo update-initramfs -u
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-17-generic
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/plymouth: 39: /usr/sbin/plymouth-set-default-theme: not found
cp: cannot stat `/lib/plymouth/themes/text': No such file or directory
grep: /lib/plymouth/themes//.plymouth: No such file or directory

Seems like the updates has deleted the /usr/sbin/plymouth-set-default-theme command!