[Bug 1086612] [NEW] plymouth isn't working in lxc containers

[Stéphane Graber]

Public bug reported:

root at upstart-test:~# tty 
/dev/lxc/console
root at upstart-test:~# start plymouth
plymouth start/running, process 436
root at upstart-test:~# start plymouth-splash
<4>init: console-font main process (439) terminated with status 1
<4>init: setvtrgb main process (442) terminated with status 1
plymouth-splash start/running, process 441
root at upstart-test:~# plymouth ask-for-password --prompt 'open sesame: '
root at upstart-test:~# ps faux | grep plymouth
root       445  0.0  0.0   6532   632 lxc/console S+ 00:01   0:00              \_ grep --color=auto plymouth
root       436  0.0  0.0  34792  1236 ?        S    00:00   0:00 @sbin/plymouthd --mode=boot --attach-to-session
root at upstart-test:~# stop plymouth
plymouth stop/waiting

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

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Title:
  plymouth isn't working in lxc containers

Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  root at upstart-test:~# tty 
  /dev/lxc/console
  root at upstart-test:~# start plymouth
  plymouth start/running, process 436
  root at upstart-test:~# start plymouth-splash
  <4>init: console-font main process (439) terminated with status 1
  <4>init: setvtrgb main process (442) terminated with status 1
  plymouth-splash start/running, process 441
  root at upstart-test:~# plymouth ask-for-password --prompt 'open sesame: '
  root at upstart-test:~# ps faux | grep plymouth
  root       445  0.0  0.0   6532   632 lxc/console S+ 00:01   0:00              \_ grep --color=auto plymouth
  root       436  0.0  0.0  34792  1236 ?        S    00:00   0:00 @sbin/plymouthd --mode=boot --attach-to-session
  root at upstart-test:~# stop plymouth
  plymouth stop/waiting

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