I have this problem too. I am using Hardy 8.04 - 2.6.24-19 (it also happened in -16). UUID all match fine. BUT I have edited init to add sleep 10 in premount and mount stages. Since I did that the splash disappears when "Reading files needed to boot".
I suspect a problem with the image created by update-initramfs and not with usplash...though I'm not and expert and perhaps a signal is sent to usplash to kill it. I can't find anything in my logs about it however. Will hunt around and see what I can find. -- [hardy] splash screen disappears after a few seconds https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205990 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs