Gianfranco, Sorry for the late response. This seems to be fixed now. I haven't had this problem for a good couple of months :).
** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released ** No longer affects: plymouth (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1722745 Title: Virtualbox service fails to start due to hanging plymouth --ping response To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1722745/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs