[Bug 578732] [NEW] boot hangs on splash screen, does not show kdm

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Binary package hint: plymouth

On a machine running Kubuntu 10.04, I am experiencing the exact same
problem as Bug #538524, which is marked as fixed, so I am reporting a
new one.

During bootup, at the point when plymouth should stop and switch to kdm,
kdm does not show up, but instead the splash screen stays there forever,
only the blue/white dots stop blinking.

By SSHing into the machine, I was able to find out that the following
processes are running:

root      1291  0.0  0.0  19188  1704 ?        S    12:05   0:00 /bin/bash /etc/gdm/failsafeXServer
root      1396  0.0  0.0  15648   832 ?        S    12:05   0:00 xinit /etc/gdm/failsafeXinit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.failsafe -- /usr/bin/X -br -once -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf.failsafe -logfile /var/log/Xorg.failsafe.log
root      1397  0.0  0.0  43472  2012 tty1     S<s+ 12:05   0:00 /usr/bin/X :0 -br -once -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf.failsafe -logfile /var/log/Xorg.failsafe.log
root      1207  0.0  0.0  28796  1212 ?        Ss   12:05   0:00 kdm

Plymouth is not running anymore at this point.

Neither Xorg.0.log nor Xorg.failsafe.log contain any error message.

The plymouth version is 0.8.2-2ubuntu2, attached is the upstart
plymouth.conf file.

Interestingly, the problem only occurs on every second or third boot,
sometimes kdm shows up just fine.

Please let me know if you need any additional information.

** Affects: kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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boot hangs on splash screen, does not show kdm
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/578732
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