Ok I figured it out! for some reason grub got updated incorrectly and there was an extra character stringing "splash" and "pcie_aspm=force" together:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splashvpcie_aspm=force i915.lvds_downclock=1 drm.vblankoffdelay=1 i915.semaphores=1" After I deleted the v between them and updated grub the problem was solved! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1312930 Title: Plymouth fails after Ubuntu 13.10 -> 14.04 upgrade on Intel To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1312930/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs