plymouthd assert failure: plymouthd: ./plugin.c:697: open_input_source: Assertion `backend != ((void *)0)' failed.

[Pierre Slamich]

Binary package hint: plymouth

got this on startup after serious boot problem that i (hopefully fixed by entering a recovery session and reconfiguring X)

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-1.28-generic 2.6.38-rc2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-1-generic i686
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: plymouthd: ./plugin.c:697: open_input_source: Assertion `backend != ((void *)0)' failed.
Date: Sun Jan 30 00:46:51 2011
DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/Paw-OSX/paw-osx.plymouth
ExecutablePath: /sbin/plymouthd
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta i386 (20100901.1)
MachineType: Compaq Presario 061 NM825AA-ABF CQ2100FR FR920
ProcCmdline: /sbin/plymouthd --mode=boot --attach-to-session
ProcCwd: /
ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user)
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-1-generic root=UUID=5db91834-f1bf-4917-b5a4-7293824401c2 ro single
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: plymouth
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/libc.so.6
 __assert_fail () from /lib/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/plymouth/renderers/frame-buffer.so
TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
Title: plymouthd assert failure: plymouthd: ./plugin.c:697: open_input_source: Assertion `backend != ((void *)0)' failed.
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 11/27/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 5.05
dmi.board.name: CALI
dmi.board.vendor: FOXCONN
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr5.05:bd11/27/2008:svnCompaqPresario061:pnNM825AA-ABFCQ2100FRFR920:pvr03l0411RE101HPQ00:rvnFOXCONN:rnCALI:rvr1.0:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: NM825AA-ABF CQ2100FR FR920
dmi.product.version: 03l0411RE101HPQ 00
dmi.sys.vendor: Compaq Presario 061

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