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** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/814909
Title:
No text rendering in Plymouth with current initramfs-tools
Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
Running Ubuntu Onieric with initramfs-tools-bin_0.99ubuntu2_i386.deb ,
there are no text prompts in plymouth message or plymouth ask-for-
password. In the password function the password entry box works, and
the password is accepted, but text such as which disk you are opening
is NOT rendered. Unless video output cuts off, forcing Plymouth to
restart after root filesystem mount (after which text works), this
also prevents fsck messages from appearing.
This bug appears without regard for version of Plymouth, both the last two
ubuntu 0.8.2 versions and the Ricotz 0.8.4 versions are affected. Running
Plymouth in the initramfs with --debug and switching to console at the password
prompt reveals the logs attached in the screen photos in the attached tarball
(I was unable to divert the output to a file that survived the boot process).
In the logs there is a reference to plymouth-label being unable to
open libGL.so.1 which may be the culprit, as plymouth-label is
responsible for test like password prompt details (which disk?) and
fsck dialogue. This problem began with the video cutoff bug, but when
video is cut off and restored, Plymouth is reloaded and text then
renders, the font looking heavier than it previously did from the
initramfs.
The "bootlogs" tarball contains photographs of the screen in console
after editing the plymouth script in /usr/share/inbitramfs-
tools/scripts/init-top to call plymouth with --debug , making a new
inbitramfs, rebooting with it, and switching to console at the
password prompt. Again, the parts about plymouth-label being unable to
open libGL.so.1 are suspect here, though adding an aditional hook to
copy that into the initramfs causes video output to turn off and STAY
off.
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