[Bug 1867909] Re: plymouth spinner can not show the messages after installation.

[Łukasz Zemczak]

This feels like a duplicate of LP: #1865161, what do you think? I need
to see if Dimitri is still working on this.

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Title:
  plymouth spinner can not show the messages after installation.

Status in casper package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in plymouth package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  [Summary]
  Before 20.04, when user finished the 1st stage of installation, the message 『please remove the installation medium then reboot』or 『please remove installation medium then press enter』 will be shown on the screen.

  But since 20.04, due to the using of plymouth-themes-spinner, the
  system will still waiting for user to press Enter but without any
  message, so the system will be likely hanged there.

  [Steps to reproduce]
  1. Boot the installer with USB sticker
  2. Finish the installation.
  3. Click the button on the diagram to reboot.

  [Expected result]
  System reboot and boot to login page.

  [Actual result]
  Black screen and need to press "Enter" to reboot.

  [Failure rate]
  100%

  [Additional information]
  " lsb_release -rd

  Description: Ubuntu Focal Fossa (development branch)
  Release: 20.04

  "apt-cache policy plymouth-theme-spinner
  plymouth-theme-spinner:
    Installed: 0.9.4git20200109-0ubuntu8
    Candidate: 0.9.4git20200109-0ubuntu8
    Version table:
   *** 0.9.4git20200109-0ubuntu8 100
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  --- 
  ProblemType: Bug
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu20
  Architecture: amd64
  BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
  DefaultPlymouth: /usr/share/plymouth/themes/bgrt/bgrt.plymouth
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-03-18 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Alpha amd64 (20200315)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude 5501
  Package: plymouth 0.9.4git20200109-0ubuntu8
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-14-generic root=UUID=ed9c1d0b-cfe3-4860-b83e-d2a80d0c0223 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-14-generic root=UUID=ed9c1d0b-cfe3-4860-b83e-d2a80d0c0223 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-14.17-generic 5.4.18
  Tags:  focal
  TextPlymouth: /usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-14-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo
  _MarkForUpload: True
  dmi.bios.date: 08/21/2019
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 1.5.1
  dmi.board.name: 018CA2
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: X02
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.5.1:bd08/21/2019:svnDellInc.:pnLatitude5501:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn018CA2:rvrX02:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvr:
  dmi.product.family: Latitude
  dmi.product.name: Latitude 5501
  dmi.product.sku: 0919
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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