See the bug marked duplicate and the ubuntu forums thread for some "me too"s.
For me, it was the most up to date plymouth version (as of this morning) in the main lucid repository. Using any of the kernels as set up by default caused the issue. E.g. kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-18-generic root=UUID=0c348e4b-57dc-406b-8331-179437cd311b ro quiet splash kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-18-generic root=UUID=0c348e4b-57dc-406b-8331-179437cd311b ro single kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic root=UUID=0c348e4b-57dc-406b-8331-179437cd311b ro quiet splash kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic root=UUID=0c348e4b-57dc-406b-8331-179437cd311b ro single kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-16-generic root=UUID=0c348e4b-57dc-406b-8331-179437cd311b ro quiet splash kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-16-generic root=UUID=0c348e4b-57dc-406b-8331-179437cd311b ro single I'll reinstall plymouth and get the version plus other info for you. -- Lucid beta 1 won' t boot, plymouth launch broken https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/552046 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