Public bug reported: I originally susbscribed to bug #60621 as I have the same symptoms exactly (lack of splash and same error message from usplash), but the bug title has apparrently been renamed and now only relates to halting the system, and wide screens, none of which relates to my case, since the lack of splash is during startup, and I don't have a wide screen, but just an old CRT monitor.
The error message is the same then, reproduced below: ------------- System is starting up... usplash: no usable theme found for 640x480 screen init failed ------------- ... then the boot sequence continues as normal and everything works fine. ** Affects: usplash (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- No splash https://launchpad.net/bugs/60872 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs