Ubuntu
lightdm package

  1. Bug #982889
  2. Comment #143

Comment 143 for bug 982889

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William Pietri (william-launchpad-net) wrote :

Thanks, Steve. The box was set up by a vendor (Emperor Linux), so perhaps they did something custom with the splash screens when I got it 18 months ago.

Aesthetically, making something vital (UI startup) depend on something decorative (splash screens) seems odd. Perhaps future versions of this can be made more robust.

In case somebody else with a similar problem finds this bug report, I verified the problem by using debsums

  % sudo debsums -a plymouth
  [most package items ok]
  debsums: missing file /etc/init/plymouth-log.conf (from plymouth package)
  debsums: missing file /etc/init/plymouth-upstart-bridge.conf (from plymouth package)
  /etc/init/plymouth.conf OK
  debsums: missing file /etc/init/plymouth-stop.conf (from plymouth package)
  /etc/init/plymouth-ready.conf OK
  debsums: missing file /etc/init/plymouth-splash.conf (from plymouth package)

And the precise command I used to fix the problem was:
  % sudo apt-get --reinstall -o Dpkg::Options::=--force-confmiss install plymouth

That put back the missing files.

I also did "sudo debsums -s" to make sure nothing else important was missing.