Yes. That worked for me. Found this tip on Ubuntu forums and it looks so much better (if not any faster, in fact GRUB2 to desktop is now averaging 1 minute with the occasional long boot due to fscking).
I still would prefer a continuous progress bar. The 5 dots cycle through several times before X starts so they're not an accurate indicator of the boot progress like usplash was. Lastly on logout/shutdown/reboot the blackness remains (with a tiny strip of the Plymouth splash visible at the bottom of the screen. Maybe this is a problem with kdm? -- Boot speed increased from 30s to 50s when ureadahead enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/552165 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
