Public bug reported: Binary package hint: plymouth
After upgrading from Karmic to Lucid my Kubuntu installation initially came up with plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text although kubuntu-desktop (and consequently plymouth-theme-kubuntu-logo) were installed correctly. After having removed plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text I am unable to get any bootsplash to show. This happens with an Intel 945GME graphics controller. I am almost certain that the display is correctly initialized to graphics mode as the switchover to X happens seamlessly (i.e., the mouse cursor appears over the boot messages before kdm shows up). When I manually invoke sudo plymouthd sudo plymouth --show-splash on the console the splash screen is correctly displayed and animated. The configuration per se also looks sensible: -- 8< -- t...@cygnus:/lib/plymouth/themes$ ls -al total 16 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2010-05-11 20:51 . drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2010-05-11 20:51 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 2010-05-11 08:14 default.plymouth -> /etc/alternatives/default.plymouth drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-05-11 02:14 details drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-05-11 21:07 kubuntu-logo t...@cygnus:/lib/plymouth/themes$ ls -al /etc/alternatives/default.plymouth lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 55 2010-05-11 08:14 /etc/alternatives/default.plymouth -> /lib/plymouth/themes/kubuntu-logo/kubuntu-logo.plymouth -- 8< -- There is one thing I should probably mention: I have encrypted my root partition with cryptsetup, so /lib/ is obviously not yet available when the password prompt is supposed to appear. However, I also verified the contents of the initrd.img, which also looks sensible: -- 8< -- t...@cygnus:~/initrd$ ls -al lib/plymouth/themes/ total 20 drwxr-xr-x 4 tg tg 4096 2010-05-13 01:57 . drwxr-xr-x 4 tg tg 4096 2010-05-13 01:57 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 tg tg 237 2010-05-13 01:57 default.plymouth drwxr-xr-x 2 tg tg 4096 2010-05-13 01:57 details drwxr-xr-x 2 tg tg 4096 2010-05-13 01:57 kubuntu-logo t...@cygnus:~/initrd$ cat lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth [Plymouth Theme] Name=Kubuntu Logo Description=A theme that features a blank background with a logo. ModuleName=script [script] ImageDir=/lib/plymouth/themes/kubuntu-logo ScriptFile=/lib/plymouth/themes/kubuntu-logo/kubuntu-logo.script -- 8< -- When putting plymouth into debug mode I do not see any errors or other messages related to any attempt to load the splash theme (cf. attached photo). I am currently somewhat stuck with my investigations. Do you have any idea where how to continue the root cause analysis? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu May 13 12:43:41 2010 DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/kubuntu-logo/kubuntu-logo.plymouth MachineType: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. NC10 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=/dev/mapper/hostname-root ro nohdparm plymouth:debug crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE= PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb SourcePackage: plymouth TextPlymouth: Error: command ['readlink', '/etc/alternatives/text.plymouth'] failed with exit code 1: dmi.bios.date: 09/08/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies Ltd. dmi.bios.version: 11CA.M015.20090908.RHU dmi.board.name: NC10 dmi.board.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. dmi.board.version: Not Applicable dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLtd.:bvr11CA.M015.20090908.RHU:bd09/08/2009:svnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:pnNC10:pvrNotApplicable:rvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:rnNC10:rvrNotApplicable:cvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: NC10 dmi.product.version: Not Applicable dmi.sys.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. ** Affects: plymouth (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid -- Plymouth does not display bootsplash https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579906 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs