[Bug 1074843] [NEW] plymouth programs are running altough system startup finished

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Below are the running processes :
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j at j-VB:~$ ps axl | head -1 && ps axl | grep -i ply | grep -v "grep"
F   UID   PID  PPID PRI  NI    VSZ   RSS WCHAN  STAT TTY        TIME COMMAND
5     0   199     1  20   0  46524   688 epoll_ S    ?          0:00 /sbin/plymouthd --mode=boot --attach-to-session
4     0   380     1  20   0  19636  1004 epoll_ Ss   ?          0:00 plymouth-upstart-bridge
j at j-VB:~$ 
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Is there a way to use init in order to launch plymouthd at shutdown ?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: plymouth 0.8.4-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDmesg: [   15.224003] init: lightdm main process (818) killed by TERM signal
Date: Sun Nov  4 10:57:16 2012
DefaultPlymouth: Error: command ['readlink', '/etc/alternatives/default.plymouth'] failed with exit code 1:
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-20 (14 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1)
Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1: unable to initialize libusb: -99
MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox
MarkForUpload: True
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=cd43b074-5f0e-46e5-8362-13424056d921 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=cd43b074-5f0e-46e5-8362-13424056d921 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: plymouth
TextPlymouth: Error: command ['readlink', '/etc/alternatives/text.plymouth'] failed with exit code 1:
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH
dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:
dmi.product.name: VirtualBox
dmi.product.version: 1.2
dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal
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plymouth programs are running altough system startup finished
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1074843
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