It looks like something is calling 'plymouth quit' before plymouth- splash ever has a chance to start. Is the video slow to initialize on this system, or is the disk really fast?
You could try adding a 'sleep' to the top of the script in /etc/init/lightdm.conf; if that improves things, then this race seems the likely explanation. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/853927 Title: Plymouth doesn't appear on startup: plymouth-splash main process terminated with status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/853927/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
