[Bug 621231] Re: No recovery/single user mode! Cursor key in recovery menu starts splash screen

[dino99]

That version has died long ago; no more supported

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

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Title:
  No recovery/single user mode!  Cursor key in recovery menu starts
  splash screen

Status in plymouth package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: plymouth

  I can no longer boot into recovery mode a.k.a. single user mode.  The
  "Recovery Menu" appears where I want to "Drop to root shell prompt
  without networking".  But when I hit the cursor down key it
  immediately shows the plymouth splash screen and I can no longer see
  the Recovery  Menu, making it effectively impossible to select the
  correct menu entry.  This happens on two different machines running
  lucid amd64.

  It seems that the splash screen just hides the recovery menu.
  Pressing Enter seems to select one of the menu entries, although I did
  not succeed in trying to "blindly" select the root shell entry.

  Booting into single user mode did work before, at least on 2010-07-27
  when I did the last filesystem dump.

  <unrelated rant>
  Words can't describe how much I hate this f***ing plymouth.  First I had to realize that it's impossible to see *all* boot messages the kernel and init/upstart normally emit.   As it seems I'm *forced* to get used to an oh so cute splash screen.  Then the endless hassles of making it at least use my screens native resolution.  And now I cannot boot my Unix systems into single user mode?  And all this for a "flicker free" booting experience?  You're kidding.

  Oh and I forgot:  Documentation?  What's that?  Use the force, Luke!  Or what?  
  </unrelated rant>

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.41-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Aug 20 17:21:26 2010
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
  MachineType: LENOVO 1706GMG
  PccardctlIdent:
   Socket 0:
     no product info available
  PccardctlStatus:
   Socket 0:
     no card
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=fe567f37-ad02-43fd-9ff7-2dbd3cecef2e ro
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  SourcePackage: plymouth
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
  dmi.bios.date: 11/20/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.bios.version: 7BETD7WW (2.18 )
  dmi.board.name: 1706GMG
  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.board.version: Not Available
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7BETD7WW(2.18):bd11/20/2008:svnLENOVO:pn1706GMG:pvrThinkPadX60:rvnLENOVO:rn1706GMG:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
  dmi.product.name: 1706GMG
  dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X60
  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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