[Bug 1309617] Re: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process (189) terminated with status 1 at boot

[Cosmin Staicu]

After 3 days of trying to install Ubuntu Server on an older computer I
finally did it. So, the problem was that after the installing process
was finished, the system required a reboot. On reboot, the system kept
freezing on a line with "adding XX to swap" or during the "plymouth"
stuff.

So the key word in all of my setting was OLD parts. Actually the system
was booting ok, only the display (and by that i mean either the graphic
card or the monitor) kept freezing. But i didn't realize that until now.
So in order to bypass that, just press F6 after you set the language for
the install and from the advanced options check nomodeset. That
simple....

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Title:
  plymouth-upstart-bridge main process (189) terminated with status 1 at
  boot

Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I see this when I boot (I got it by running the dmesg command):
  [    7.631865] init: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process (173) terminated with status 1
  [    7.632154] init: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process ended, respawning
  [    7.670080] init: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process (183) terminated with status 1
  [    7.670443] init: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process ended, respawning
  [    7.706173] init: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process (186) terminated with status 1
  [    7.706534] init: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process ended, respawning

  I don't know if plymouth-upstart-bridge is supposed to be running at all time but it doesn't on my machine:
  bbigras at ubuntunew:~$ ps ax | grep plymouth-upstart-bridge
   8784 pts/2    S+     0:00 grep --color=auto plymouth-upstart-bridge

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: plymouth 0.8.8-0ubuntu17
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Apr 18 12:04:00 2014
  DefaultPlymouth: Error: command ['readlink', '/etc/alternatives/default.plymouth'] failed with exit code 1:
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-21 (86 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130820.2)
  Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1: unable to initialize libusb: -99
  MachineType: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=/dev/mapper/hostname--vg-root ro
  ProcFB: 0 svgadrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=/dev/mapper/hostname--vg-root ro
  SourcePackage: plymouth
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-18 (0 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 10/13/2009
  dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
  dmi.bios.version: 6.00
  dmi.board.name: 440BX Desktop Reference Platform
  dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
  dmi.board.version: None
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.chassis.type: 1
  dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr6.00:bd10/13/2009:svnVMware,Inc.:pnVMwareVirtualPlatform:pvrNone:rvnIntelCorporation:rn440BXDesktopReferencePlatform:rvrNone:cvnNoEnclosure:ct1:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.name: VMware Virtual Platform
  dmi.product.version: None
  dmi.sys.vendor: VMware, Inc.
  mtime.conffile..etc.init.plymouth.stop.conf: 2014-04-18T09:37:28.562680

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