Figured this out. It's because gdm flips back to the VT from which it was started (VT 1), shortly *after* usplash is started -- the VT switch killing usplash.
Fixing bug #61529 so that usplash doesn't flip to VT 1 means that gdm is started from VT 8 instead, which is where usplash is running when it terminates -- thus not killing it. -- splash-down is no longer smooth https://launchpad.net/bugs/61522 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
