Console messages shown briefly before shutdown

[Greg A]

When shutting down / restarting, then the a "console" display is shown briefly before the transition to the purple Ubuntu splash screen.

It is is barely a second long, but it would be nice if it was not there!

[Similar to Bug #438335 but for shutdown, and with a far more recent Ubuntu version]

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu28
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-19.30-generic 3.2.11
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Mar 20 19:13:03 2012
DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120112)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell DXP061
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-19-generic root=UUID=52f3be9e-d898-4c15-b9aa-43d149c09073 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-19-generic root=UUID=52f3be9e-d898-4c15-b9aa-43d149c09073 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: plymouth
TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-20 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 11/22/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2.5.3
dmi.board.name: 0WG855
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 7
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr2.5.3:bd11/22/2007:svnDellInc.:pnDellDXP061:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0WG855:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct7:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Dell DXP061
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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