When plymouthd is burning up 5% of the CPU it also prevents Ctrl-Alt-F6 from giving you a console login. Instead you get a black screen that just echoes what you type.
After "sudo plymouth --quit", the 5% waste is gone and Ctrl-Alt-F6 gives you a console login prompt. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766095 Title: plymouthd constantly uses 5% of CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1766095/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
