[Bug 814909] [NEW] No text rendering in Plymouth with current initramfs-tools

[Luke]

Public bug reported:

Running Ubuntu Onieric with initramfs-tools-bin_0.99ubuntu2_i386.deb ,
there are no text prompts in plymouth message or plymouth ask-for-
password. In the password function the password entry box works, and the
password is accepted, but text such as which disk you are opening is NOT
rendered. Unless video output cuts off, forcing Plymouth to restart
after root filesystem mount (after which text works), this also prevents
fsck messages from appearing.


This bug appears without regard for version of Plymouth, both the last two ubuntu 0.8.2 versions and the Ricotz 0.8.4 versions are affected. Running Plymouth in the initramfs with --debug and switching to console at the password prompt reveals the logs attached in the screen photos in the attached tarball (I was unable to divert the output to a file that survived the boot process).

In the logs there is a reference to plymouth-label being unable to open
libGL.so.1 which may be the culprit, as plymouth-label is responsible
for test like password prompt details (which disk?) and fsck dialogue.
This problem began with the video cutoff bug, but when video is cut off
and restored, Plymouth is reloaded and text then renders, the font
looking heavier than it previously did from the initramfs.

The "bootlogs" tarball contains photographs of the screen in console
after editing the plymouth script in /usr/share/inbitramfs-tools/scripts
/init-top to call plymouth with --debug  , making a new inbitramfs,
rebooting with it, and switching to console at the password prompt.
Again, the parts about plymouth-label being unable to open libGL.so.1
are suspect here, though adding an aditional hook to copy that into the
initramfs causes video output to turn off and STAY off.

** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  No text rendering in Plymouth with current initramfs-tools

Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Running Ubuntu Onieric with initramfs-tools-bin_0.99ubuntu2_i386.deb ,
  there are no text prompts in plymouth message or plymouth ask-for-
  password. In the password function the password entry box works, and
  the password is accepted, but text such as which disk you are opening
  is NOT rendered. Unless video output cuts off, forcing Plymouth to
  restart after root filesystem mount (after which text works), this
  also prevents fsck messages from appearing.

  
  This bug appears without regard for version of Plymouth, both the last two ubuntu 0.8.2 versions and the Ricotz 0.8.4 versions are affected. Running Plymouth in the initramfs with --debug and switching to console at the password prompt reveals the logs attached in the screen photos in the attached tarball (I was unable to divert the output to a file that survived the boot process).

  In the logs there is a reference to plymouth-label being unable to
  open libGL.so.1 which may be the culprit, as plymouth-label is
  responsible for test like password prompt details (which disk?) and
  fsck dialogue.  This problem began with the video cutoff bug, but when
  video is cut off and restored, Plymouth is reloaded and text then
  renders, the font looking heavier than it previously did from the
  initramfs.

  The "bootlogs" tarball contains photographs of the screen in console
  after editing the plymouth script in /usr/share/inbitramfs-
  tools/scripts/init-top to call plymouth with --debug  , making a new
  inbitramfs, rebooting with it, and switching to console at the
  password prompt. Again, the parts about plymouth-label being unable to
  open libGL.so.1 are suspect here, though adding an aditional hook to
  copy that into the initramfs causes video output to turn off and STAY
  off.

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