Comment 55 for bug 553745

Steve Langasek [2010-04-14 8:08 -0000]:
> Done. Could those experiencing this issue please run 'sudo add-apt-
> repository ppa:vorlon/ppa' and install the new version of plymouth from
> there, and let us know if this fixes the problem or causes any new ones?

I tested 0.8.2-0ubuntu1~ppa2, and still get exactly the same crash.

Please note that I do not press any keys during startup (since the
changelog links this bug with a "keyboard handling" fix)

I did three boots, and it looked differently each time:

 1) No plymouth at all, text mode all the way through X (this was
    without ureadahead pack, so the boot took a little longer)

 2) Text mode most of the time, plymouth splash appears for a second,
    X. (I think this categorizes as "work fine")

 3) Text mode most of the time, then a black screen without the cursor
   for a second, and then back to text mode (and finally X, with
   starting into a white screen). This was probably plymouthd starting
   up, crashing, and writing an apport report.

I do not get a crash report every time, I suppose plymouth and apport
start around the same time and it's a race. But I still get it very
frequently.

Thanks,

Martin

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