plymouthd crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()

[calin]

This is an automatic report, but I did have problems with recent versions of Ubuntu: 12.04 and 11.10 starting with kernel 3.0.0-16
I'm not sure if it is plymouth package or the kernel.
The system hangs on startup with a blank screen or blinking cursor without anything else being displayed, but not on every startup.
Kernel 3.0.0-15 worked fine.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu28
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic-pae 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Fri Mar 30 21:19:48 2012
DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
ExecutablePath: /sbin/plymouthd
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120328)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-20-generic-pae root=UUID=5abe7260-d8ba-48a7-b9fc-0ccce3f5e6be ro
ProcCmdline: /sbin/plymouthd --mode=boot --attach-to-session
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-20-generic-pae root=UUID=5abe7260-d8ba-48a7-b9fc-0ccce3f5e6be ro
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: plymouth
TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
Title: plymouthd crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 06/12/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P1.40
dmi.board.asset.tag: 00000000
dmi.board.name: K8SLI-eSATA2
dmi.board.version: 1.00
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.40:bd06/12/2006:svn:pnK8SLI-eSATA2:pvr1.00:rvn:rnK8SLI-eSATA2:rvr1.00:
dmi.product.name: K8SLI-eSATA2
dmi.product.version: 1.00

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #938971, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[calin (c-demian)]

 I think it's the kernel. Booting vmlinuz-3.2.0-21-generic-pae freezes with the following lines displayed (kernel options 'ro'), also in recovery mode:

[ 0.163998] pci 0000:00:11.0: PCI bridge to [bus 05-05]
[ 0.163998] pci 0000:00:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 29 (level, low) -> IRQ 29
[ 0.163998] pci 0000:00:01.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.163998] pci 0000:00:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 34 (level, low) -> IRQ 34
[ 0.163998] pci 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.163998] pci 0000:00:03.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 39 (level, low) -> IRQ 39
[ 0.163998] pci 0000:00:03.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.163998] pci 0000:00:04.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 44 (level, low) -> IRQ 44
[ 0.163998] pci 0000:00:04.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.163998] pci 0000:00:11.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.163998] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 4 [io 0x0000-0xffff]
[ 0.163998] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 5 [mem 0x40000000-0xfcffffffff]
[ 0.163998] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 6 [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff]
[ 0.163998] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 0 [io 0xe000-0xefff]
[ 0.163998] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 1 [mem 0xdef00000-0xdeffffff]
[ 0.163998] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 2 [mem 0xc0000000-0xcfffffff pref]
[ 0.163998] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 2 [mem 0xddd00000-0xdddfffff pref]
[ 0.163998] pci_bus 0000:03: resource 2 [mem 0xdde00000-0xddefffff pref]
[ 0.163998] pci_bus 0000:04: resource 2 [mem 0xddf00000-0xddffffff pref]
[ 0.163998] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[ 0.163998] IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[ 0.163998] TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
[ 0.163998] TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
[ 0.163998] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
[ 0.163998] TCP reno registered
[ 0.163998] UDP hash table entries: 512 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
[ 0.163998] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 512 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
[ 0.164193] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[ 0.164276] pci 0000:00:00.0: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.164352] pci 0000:00:01.0: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.164424] pci 0000:00:02.0: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.164494] pci 0000:00:03.0: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.164565] pci 0000:00:04.0: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.164657] pci 0000:00:13.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 0.244025] pci 0000:00:13.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 0.244090] pci 0000:00:13.1: PCI INT B -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18

[calin (c-demian)]

Please recheck if the bug is really a duplicate of 938971, I can't see the first bug because it's private.

[calin (c-demian)]

I have a boot problem (system hangs at startup). The bug was reported automatically after system start and I'm not sure it's related to the boot hang issue. Should I report a new bug? Thank you.