[Bug 559761] Re: mountall needs to flush plymouth message queue before emitting upstart events

[latimerio]

I have a Point of View Ion 330 with Ubuntu server running as a home server.
apt-get dist-upgrade shows no pending packages.
I also get the  "mountall  Plymouth command failed" error at every boot.
The system runs in command line mode only and shows the login prompt shortly after the mountall error.
Nonetheless I hope the mountall  error gets fixed soon.

2.6.32-33-server #72-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 29 21:21:55 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux.
Description:    Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS
Release:        10.04
Codename:       lucid

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Title:
  mountall needs to flush plymouth message queue before emitting upstart
  events

Status in “mountall” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “mountall” source package in Lucid:
  Fix Released
Status in “plymouth” source package in Lucid:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: mountall

  On boots when fsck runs, mountall appears to hang.  The mountall process consumes 100% CPU time, and the following error message loops on the console:
  "mountall: Plymouth command failed"

  Although this error message continues to loop on the main console,
  login is still possible on other consoles, or through kdm.

  mountall needs to flush the plymouth message queue before each upstart
  event that it emits; otherwise, plymouth may be killed in response to
  one of these upstart events (in practice: filesystem -> gdm or rc-
  sysinit -> plymouth-stop), leaving as the last message on the splash
  screen whatever mountall managed to get out before plymouthd exited.
  This is particularly disconcerting when gdm or kdm stops plymouth with
  --retain-splash.

  To reproduce:
  1) Force a filesystem check:
  # touch /forcefsck

  2) Reboot

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: mountall 2.11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Apr 10 14:15:12 2010
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ExecutablePath: /sbin/mountall
  ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user)
  SourcePackage: mountall

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