I can confirm this for usplash. Instead of update-alternatives, I had to use manual thingy described in here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=82835
-- update-alternatives --all function does not reconfigure the gdm / splash screen correctly https://launchpad.net/bugs/37699 -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
