[Bug 1208224] Re: [ply-utils.c] ...ply_open_module:Could not load module "/lib/plymouth/renderers/x11.so" ... cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[Steve Langasek]

Is your /usr on a separate partition from / ?

It appears that sometime between lucid and precise, the libdrm2 package
regressed, and is now installing its library to /usr/lib/$arch instead
of to /lib (or /lib/$arch).  This means that for any system with /usr on
a separate partition, plymouth will fail to start up correctly at boot
time.  This is probably the explanation for the problem you're seeing.

The issues with the x11.so backend are ignorable.  You're not running an
X server, so it's not as though this backend would be selected anyway -
you should probably just remove the plymouth-x11 binary package from
your system, which is not installed by default.

** Package changed: plymouth (Ubuntu) => libdrm (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: libdrm (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: libdrm (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

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Title:
  [ply-utils.c] ...ply_open_module:Could not load module
  "/lib/plymouth/renderers/x11.so" ... cannot open shared object file:
  No such file or directory

Status in “libdrm” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  While I was looking for a trouble with plymouth (5 dots progression nor fsck checkings are not displayed anymore at starting ubuntu since the upgrade from 10.04 LTS) I found these errors into the plymouth debug log file :
  [ply-utils.c]                               ply_open_module:Could not load module "/lib/plymouth/renderers/x11.so": /lib/plymouth/renderers/x11.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
  ...
  [./plugin.c]                                   load_driver:drmOpen failed^M
  [ply-renderer.c]                             ply_renderer_open:could not open rendering device for plugin /lib/plymouth/renderers/drm.so

  Looking for the missing file shows that they are well available :
  root:~# ls -al /lib/plymouth/renderers
  total 108
  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 août   2 16:10 .
  drwxr-xr-x 4 root root  4096 août   2 16:10 ..
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40024 mai   17 00:12 drm.so
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18984 mai   17 00:12 frame-buffer.so
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18872 mai   17 00:12 vga16fb.so
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19000 mai   17 00:12 x11.so

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu31.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-51.77-generic 3.2.48
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-51-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Aug  4 20:05:27 2013
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/phl.plymouth/phl_plymouth
  Lsusb:
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0644:0200 TEAC Corp. All-In-One Multi-Card Reader CA200/B/S
   Bus 002 Device 002: ID 413c:3016 Dell Computer Corp. Optical 5-Button Wheel Mouse
   Bus 002 Device 003: ID 413c:2003 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard
  MachineType: Dell Inc Dimension E521
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-51-generic root=UUID=e181bf7f-440d-46e3-9334-1da672d29ac6 ro quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1280x1024-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap plymouth:debug
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=fr_FR:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-51-generic root=UUID=e181bf7f-440d-46e3-9334-1da672d29ac6 ro quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1280x1024-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap plymouth:debug
  SourcePackage: plymouth
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2013-05-30 (66 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 08/02/2007
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc
  dmi.bios.version: 1.1.11
  dmi.board.name: 0CT103
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc
  dmi.board.version: A03
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc:bvr1.1.11:bd08/02/2007:svnDellInc:pnDimensionE521:pvr:rvnDellInc:rn0CT103:rvrA03:cvnDellInc:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: Dimension E521
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc

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