I also discovered this issue (or something similar) in Ubuntu 14.04.
This is an old bug, but I will comment here instead of reporting a new bug.
When I run "sudo shutdown now" or "sudo telinit 1" to go to single-user mode,
the Plymouth splashscreen appears briefly, but then a black screen appears
** Tags added: runlevel1
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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I'm seeing the same issue with ubuntu 12.04 and 14.04, cant get to a
command prompt to perform single-user maintenance.
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** Package changed: upstart (Ubuntu) => plymouth (Ubuntu)
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