Ubuntu
plymouth package

  1. Bug #590326
  2. Comment #19

Comment 19 for bug 590326

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Jens (jens-bormueller) wrote :

>> sudo grub-install /dev/…
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> And this is superfluous and *dangerous*. You don't have to rewrite the boot block every time you update your grub config!

Thanks, this was unknown to me! Next time I will try it.

> Anyway, you don't mention why you felt the need to take these steps - if your system was hanging, or simply displaying an unpleasant warning message at boot time.

My problem is/was similar with the original report by Kris969 on 2010-06-06. Getting this error message: "Glib-WARNING **: getpwuid_r(): failed due to unknow user id (0)" and the system hangs. Not on every boot but now and then.

> > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet noplymouth"
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> Er, this is a made-up boot option. This does not "disable plymouth" at all - the only thing you've actually done here is disable the plymouth *splash screen* by removing the "splash" option from the boot config.

Really, "noplymouth" does not deactivate Plymouth? Okay, this option disable the splash screen. However, it works for me—by now umpteen times.

I found the solution in the german wiki of ubuntuusers.de:
http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Plymouth
Chapter "System bleibt hängen" (System freezes)