I have now commented the line GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1680x1050-24 in /etc/default/grub but the error still appears in /var/log/kern.log. I will attach what-killed-plymouth.log as you suggested.
** Attachment added: "what-killed-plymouth.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/800701/+attachment/3413555/+files/what-killed-plymouth.log ** Tags added: apport-collected ** Description changed: - I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 dev with plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu23. My desktop - environment is LXDE with LXDM as login manager. Since a few months I get - on every system boot the message "init: plymouth-stop pre-start process - (PID) terminated with status 1". The system is working fine with this - message but it's annoying to see it every time. + I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 dev with plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu23. My desktop environment is LXDE with LXDM as login manager. Since a few months I get on every system boot the message "init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (PID) terminated with status 1". The system is working fine with this message but it's annoying to see it every time. + --- + Architecture: amd64 + DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 + MarkForUpload: True + Package: plymouth 0.8.4-0ubuntu3 + PackageArchitecture: amd64 + ProcEnviron: + TERM=xterm + PATH=(custom, no user) + LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash + Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 + UserGroups: adm cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/800701 Title: init: plymouth-stop pre-start process terminated with status 1 (plymouth-stop called multiple times due to race?) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/800701/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
