[Bug 971555] [NEW] When logging out (or shuting down), after confirming to log out (shut down) the system goes into text mode for a while (0.5-3/4 seconds) before showing LDM or splash screen.

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When logging out (or shuting down), after confirming to log out (shut
down), the system goes into text mode for a while (0.5-3/4 seconds)
before showing LDM or splash screen. In the text mode there is a black
screen with a few system messages. How long does this situation last
varies a lot. Sometimes it is just approximately 0.5 second and only 2-3
lines of system messages (the last one is then usually '* Checking out
battery state') but sometimes it takes 3-4 seconds befor actual LightDM
screen or splash appears and then there is a lot of system messages on
the black screen. Anyway, the situation happens every sigle time I log
out or shut , and it's been so at least since 11.10 (the issue also
present there).

I realise this is not really a bug, however I've decided to report this
since recently I've noticed two people new to Ubuntu, to whom I'd
recommended the system, going panic ('The system is broken!') when they
saw this black screen with system messages. This is a detail, but the
detail that - IMHO - should be improved.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.8.0-0ubuntu2 [origin: Ubuntu]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic-pae 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic-pae i686
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:
 
ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.312
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
CrashDB: unity
Date: Mon Apr  2 13:50:35 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120328)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude D620
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: initrd=/ubninit file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/ubnkern
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 05/16/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A10
dmi.board.name: 0TD761
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd05/16/2008:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeD620:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0TD761:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude D620
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu4
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

** Affects: upstart (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug compiz-0.9 i386 precise rc-5.8.0-0ubuntu2 reproducible single-occurrence third-party-packages ubuntu
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When logging out (or shuting down), after confirming to log out (shut down) the system goes into text mode for a while (0.5-3/4 seconds) before showing LDM or splash screen.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971555
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