[Bug 579906] Re: Plymouth does not display bootsplash

[dino99]

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** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

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Title:
  Plymouth does not display bootsplash

Status in plymouth package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: plymouth

  After upgrading from Karmic to Lucid my Kubuntu installation initially
  came up with plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text although kubuntu-desktop (and
  consequently plymouth-theme-kubuntu-logo) were installed correctly.
  After having removed plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text I am unable to get any
  bootsplash to show.

  This happens with an Intel 945GME graphics controller.

  I am almost certain that the display is correctly initialized to
  graphics mode as the switchover to X happens seamlessly (i.e., the
  mouse cursor appears over the boot messages before kdm shows up).

  When I manually invoke
    sudo plymouthd
    sudo plymouth --show-splash
  on the console the splash screen is correctly displayed and animated.

  The configuration per se also looks sensible:
  -- 8< --
  tg at cygnus:/lib/plymouth/themes$ ls -al
  total 16
  drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2010-05-11 20:51 .
  drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2010-05-11 20:51 ..
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   34 2010-05-11 08:14 default.plymouth -> /etc/alternatives/default.plymouth
  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-05-11 02:14 details
  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-05-11 21:07 kubuntu-logo
  tg at cygnus:/lib/plymouth/themes$ ls -al /etc/alternatives/default.plymouth
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 55 2010-05-11 08:14 /etc/alternatives/default.plymouth -> /lib/plymouth/themes/kubuntu-logo/kubuntu-logo.plymouth
  -- 8< --

  There is one thing I should probably mention: I have encrypted my root
  partition with cryptsetup, so /lib/ is obviously not yet available
  when the password prompt is supposed to appear.

  However, I also verified the contents of the initrd.img, which also looks sensible:
  -- 8< --
  tg at cygnus:~/initrd$ ls -al lib/plymouth/themes/
  total 20
  drwxr-xr-x 4 tg tg 4096 2010-05-13 01:57 .
  drwxr-xr-x 4 tg tg 4096 2010-05-13 01:57 ..
  -rw-r--r-- 1 tg tg  237 2010-05-13 01:57 default.plymouth
  drwxr-xr-x 2 tg tg 4096 2010-05-13 01:57 details
  drwxr-xr-x 2 tg tg 4096 2010-05-13 01:57 kubuntu-logo
  tg at cygnus:~/initrd$ cat lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth 
  [Plymouth Theme]
  Name=Kubuntu Logo
  Description=A theme that features a blank background with a logo.
  ModuleName=script

  [script]
  ImageDir=/lib/plymouth/themes/kubuntu-logo
  ScriptFile=/lib/plymouth/themes/kubuntu-logo/kubuntu-logo.script
  -- 8< --

  When putting plymouth into debug mode I do not see any errors or other
  messages related to any attempt to load the splash theme (cf. attached
  photo).

  I am currently somewhat stuck with my investigations. Do you have any
  idea where how to continue the root cause analysis?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu May 13 12:43:41 2010
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/kubuntu-logo/kubuntu-logo.plymouth
  MachineType: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. NC10
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=/dev/mapper/hostname-root ro nohdparm plymouth:debug crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  SourcePackage: plymouth
  TextPlymouth: Error: command ['readlink', '/etc/alternatives/text.plymouth'] failed with exit code 1:
  dmi.bios.date: 09/08/2009
  dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
  dmi.bios.version: 11CA.M015.20090908.RHU
  dmi.board.name: NC10
  dmi.board.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
  dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLtd.:bvr11CA.M015.20090908.RHU:bd09/08/2009:svnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:pnNC10:pvrNotApplicable:rvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:rnNC10:rvrNotApplicable:cvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:ct10:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.name: NC10
  dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
  dmi.sys.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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