The information attached to your bug report shows several system configuration errors:
DefaultPlymouth: Error: command ['readlink', '/etc/alternatives/default.plymouth'] failed with exit code 1: TextPlymouth: Error: command ['readlink', '/etc/alternatives/text.plymouth'] failed with exit code 1: So you have no valid plymouth theme configuration on this system. This may cause unexpected behavior. But as for the plymouth process running after boot, the bug report also shows this: CurrentDmesg: [ 15.224003] init: lightdm main process (818) killed by TERM signal This suggests that a bug in lightdm may be preventing plymouthd from being stopped correctly, since it's lightdm that stops plymouthd. > Is there a way to use init in order to launch plymouthd at shutdown ? This question seems to be unrelated to the rest of your bug report. The system already launches plymouthd at shutdown. ** Package changed: plymouth (Ubuntu) => lightdm (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1074843 Title: plymouth programs are running altough system startup finished Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Below are the running processes : ----- j@j-VB:~$ ps axl | head -1 && ps axl | grep -i ply | grep -v "grep" F UID PID PPID PRI NI VSZ RSS WCHAN STAT TTY TIME COMMAND 5 0 199 1 20 0 46524 688 epoll_ S ? 0:00 /sbin/plymouthd --mode=boot --attach-to-session 4 0 380 1 20 0 19636 1004 epoll_ Ss ? 0:00 plymouth-upstart-bridge j@j-VB:~$ ----- Is there a way to use init in order to launch plymouthd at shutdown ? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: plymouth 0.8.4-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDmesg: [ 15.224003] init: lightdm main process (818) killed by TERM signal Date: Sun Nov 4 10:57:16 2012 DefaultPlymouth: Error: command ['readlink', '/etc/alternatives/default.plymouth'] failed with exit code 1: InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-20 (14 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1) Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1: unable to initialize libusb: -99 MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox MarkForUpload: True ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=cd43b074-5f0e-46e5-8362-13424056d921 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=cd43b074-5f0e-46e5-8362-13424056d921 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: plymouth TextPlymouth: Error: command ['readlink', '/etc/alternatives/text.plymouth'] failed with exit code 1: UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2: dmi.product.name: VirtualBox dmi.product.version: 1.2 dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1074843/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
