[Bug 758657] Re: plymouthd assert failure: plymouthd: ply-text-display.c:243: ply_text_display_write: Assertion `format != ((void *)0)' failed. (empty title field in text plugin theme)

[avinash pawar]

hello friends i was to find out solution for the error message i got while attempting to install UBUNTU 12.04 LTS, and the only 
result on google search were three pages, out of those three i am trying to write on this page.

the error: 
plymouthd: ply-text-display.c243: ply_text_display_write: Assertion format '!= ((void)=*0)'failed

I bought a Dell Vosrto 14 3000 series a week ago, which had UBUNTU 12.04
already installed. I want Windows 8 as well as UBUNTU on my new laptop.
I am willing to learn UBUNTU and i really know and understand nothing
about UDUNTU as of now.

What I told was that I cant install Windows 8 on UBUNTU but can vice a
versa. So I took backup of UBUNTU on a pen drive, uninstalled UBUNTU and
installed Windows 8 on one of three partitions. and i m now trying to
install UBUNTU on another. While doing so i get the above mentioned
error.

i really do not know what's happening and i want to be able to use
Windows as well as UBUNTU on my laptop.

Could somebody be kind enough to explain me how to resolve this issue
and could really somebody give me step to step instructions to
successfully install UBUNTU. Also i request to tell me the required
changes i need to do in the BIOS setup and in Windows 8 in order to
start the installation. All i could do till now is disable the Secure
Boot, Fast Boot, and I use My Pen Drive to boot the UBUNTU. Also, I have
created 3 partitions while installing Windows 8 and the partition on
which Windows 8 is installed shows BASIC type while the remaining 2 show
DYNAMIC type.

Thanking you friends.

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Title:
  plymouthd assert failure: plymouthd: ply-text-display.c:243:
  ply_text_display_write: Assertion `format != ((void *)0)' failed.
  (empty title field in text plugin theme)

Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: plymouth

  error plymouth

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu21
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: i386
  AssertionMessage: plymouthd: ply-text-display.c:243: ply_text_display_write: Assertion `format != ((void *)0)' failed.
  CrashCounter: 1
  Date: Mon Apr 11 22:22:19 2011
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/MIB-Ubuntu/MIB-Ubuntu.plymouth
  ExecutablePath: /sbin/plymouthd
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100427.1)
  MachineType: Packard Bell imax mini N3600
  ProcCmdline: /sbin/plymouthd --mode=boot --attach-to-session
  ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user)
  ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=ce2b9275-96f5-4c53-a24c-00d0c9321002 ro acpi_enforce_resources=no quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  Signal: 6
  SourcePackage: plymouth
  StacktraceTop:
   __kernel_vsyscall ()
   raise () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
   abort () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
   __assert_fail () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
   ply_text_display_write () from /lib/libply-splash-core.so.2
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
  Title: plymouthd assert failure: plymouthd: ply-text-display.c:243: ply_text_display_write: Assertion `format != ((void *)0)' failed.
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-08 (3 days ago)
  UserGroups:
   
  dmi.bios.date: 06/09/2009
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: R01-A2
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: FMCP7A-ION
  dmi.board.vendor: Packard Bell
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Packard Bell
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrR01-A2:bd06/09/2009:svnPackardBell:pnimaxminiN3600:pvr:rvnPackardBell:rnFMCP7A-ION:rvr:cvnPackardBell:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: imax mini N3600
  dmi.sys.vendor: Packard Bell

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