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**sithlord48** · Dec 14, 2015, 08:14 PM

none of plymouth is needed to boot; if anything you would have a meta-package missing a package, you could try disabling plymouth to see if that stops the messages

Code:

sudo systemctl disable plymouth

should work if you have systemd

**Snowhog** · Dec 14, 2015, 11:05 PM

This is what I get.

Code:

paul@paul-VirtualBox:~$ sudo systemctl disable plymouth
[sudo] password for paul: 
Synchronizing state of plymouth.service with SysV init with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install...
Executing /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install disable plymouth
insserv: warning: current start runlevel(s) (empty) of script `plymouth' overrides LSB defaults (2 3 4 5).
insserv: warning: current stop runlevel(s) (0 2 3 4 5 6) of script `plymouth' overrides LSB defaults (0 6).
paul@paul-VirtualBox:~$

Rebooting and these messages still appear. They are just annoying, and the boot processes isn't affected in any negative way. I would just like to know why they are appearing and how, if possible, to fix what ever is causing them to be generated.

**sithlord48** · Dec 15, 2015, 10:19 AM

If plymouth is not running they why are you getting errors for scripts running from the pre/post for plymouth

have you looked at the files its pointing out? what do you find on the lines in your errors ?

**Snowhog** · Dec 15, 2015, 10:42 AM

I don't know what is generating these outputs. I searched using locate on init-premount. This is the result, and what "isn't" in the identified locations.

Code:

paul@paul-VirtualBox:~$ locate init-premount
/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount/plymouth
paul@paul-VirtualBox:~$ cd /etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/
paul@paul-VirtualBox:/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts$ list
total 48
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Apr 22  2015 .
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root 4096 Oct 22 14:16 ..
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Apr 13  2015 init-bottom
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Apr 13  2015 init-premount
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Apr 13  2015 init-top
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Apr 13  2015 local-bottom
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Apr 13  2015 local-premount
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Apr 13  2015 local-top
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Apr 13  2015 nfs-bottom
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Apr 13  2015 nfs-premount
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Apr 13  2015 nfs-top
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Apr 13  2015 panic
paul@paul-VirtualBox:/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts$ cd init-premount/
paul@paul-VirtualBox:/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount$ nano plymouth
paul@paul-VirtualBox:/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount$ list
total 8
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Apr 13  2015 .
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Apr 22  2015 ..
paul@paul-VirtualBox:/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount$ list
total 8
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Apr 13  2015 .
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Apr 22  2015 ..
paul@paul-VirtualBox:/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount$ cd ..
paul@paul-VirtualBox:/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts$ cd init-bottom/
paul@paul-VirtualBox:/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-bottom$ list
total 8
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Apr 13  2015 .
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Apr 22  2015 ..
paul@paul-VirtualBox:/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-bottom$ cd /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/
paul@paul-VirtualBox:/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts$ nano plymouth
paul@paul-VirtualBox:/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts$ list
total 64
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root  4096 Dec  9 18:24 .
drwxr-xr-x  8 root root  4096 Oct 22 13:54 ..                                                                                                         
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 10167 Sep 19 03:50 functions                                                                                                  
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Dec 11 18:52 init-bottom                                                                                                
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Dec 11 18:52 init-premount                                                                                              
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Dec 11 08:43 init-top                                                                                                   
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  5869 Sep 19 03:50 local                                                                                                      
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Oct 22 13:54 local-block                                                                                                
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Nov  5 12:39 local-bottom                                                                                               
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Nov  5 12:39 local-premount                                                                                             
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Oct 22 13:54 local-top                                                                                                  
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  3058 Aug 17 04:24 nfs
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Dec 11 18:52 panic
paul@paul-VirtualBox:/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts$

**kubicle** · Dec 15, 2015, 11:07 AM

The scripts are located in:
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount/plymouth
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-bottom/plymouth
(you only listed the contents of /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts, not the appropriate sub-directories)

To remove the errors, try removing the "splash" option from the kernel cmdline:
1. edit /etc/default/grub, remove "splash" from GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
2. update grub with 'sudo update-grub'
3. Just for good measure, also update the initramfs;
'sudo update-initramfs -u'

**claydoh** · Dec 15, 2015, 12:03 PM

Also, there is this:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/plymouth-disabler

I don't know what's in the pack,age or if it works, but it might point out things that call plymouth

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**Snowhog** · Dec 15, 2015, 12:57 PM

Originally posted by kubicle View Post

The scripts are located in:
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount/plymouth
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-bottom/plymouth
(you only listed the contents of /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts, not the appropriate sub-directories)

To remove the errors, try removing the "splash" option from the kernel cmdline:
1. edit /etc/default/grub, remove "splash" from GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
2. update grub with 'sudo update-grub'
3. Just for good measure, also update the initramfs;
'sudo update-initramfs -u'

I've done all three.

paul@paul-VirtualBox:~$ cd /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount/
paul@paul-VirtualBox:/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount$ list

total 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 11 18:52 .
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Dec 9 18:24 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 483 Dec 11 16:49 plymouth

paul@paul-VirtualBox:/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount$ cat plymouth

Code:

#!/bin/sh

OPTION=FRAMEBUFFER
PREREQ="udev"

prereqs()
{
        echo "${PREREQ}"
}

case ${1} in
        prereqs)
                prereqs
                exit 0
                ;;
esac

SPLASH="true"

for ARGUMENT in $(cat /proc/cmdline)
do
        case "${ARGUMENT}" in
                splash*)
                        SPLASH="true"
                        ;;

                nosplash*|plymouth.enable=0)
                        SPLASH="false"
                        ;;
        esac
done

if [ "${SPLASH}" = "true" ]
then                                                                                                                                                  
        mkdir -m 0755 /run/plymouth                                                                                                                   
        /sbin/plymouthd --mode=boot --attach-to-session --pid-file=/run/plymouth/pid                                                                  
        /bin/plymouth --show-splash                                                                                                                   
fi

paul@paul-VirtualBox:/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts$ cd /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-bottom/
paul@paul-VirtualBox:/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-bottom$ list

total 16
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 11 18:52 .
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Dec 9 18:24 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 166 Dec 11 16:49 plymouth
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 405 Dec 10 09:56 udev

paul@paul-VirtualBox:/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-bottom$ cat plymouth

Code:

#!/bin/sh

OPTION=FRAMEBUFFER
PREREQ="udev"

prereqs()
{
        echo "${PREREQ}"
}

case ${1} in
        prereqs)
                prereqs
                exit 0
                ;;
esac

/bin/plymouth --newroot=${rootmnt}

paul@paul-VirtualBox:/bin$ cd /run/plymouth/
paul@paul-VirtualBox:/run/plymouth$ list

total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 40 Dec 15 12:29 .
drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 700 Dec 15 12:29 ..
paul@paul-VirtualBox:/run/plymouth$

paul@paul-VirtualBox:/run/plymouth$ cd /sbin
paul@paul-VirtualBox:/sbin$ list plymouthd

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 85760 Dec 11 16:49 plymouthd
paul@paul-VirtualBox:/sbin$ cd /bin
paul@paul-VirtualBox:/bin$ list plymouth
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 35504 Dec 11 16:49 plymouth

paul@paul-VirtualBox:$ cd /etc/default
paul@paul-VirtualBox:/etc/default$ cat grub

# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
# info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=-10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet enable_mtrr_cleanup raid=noautodetect acpi_osi=Linux pcie_aspm=force"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="noapic"

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xe fefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480
GRUB_GFXMODE=1600X900
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"
paul@paul-VirtualBox:/etc/default$

splash is not included on the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= line of /etc/default/grub and yet, these 'errors' still get displayed.

**kubicle** · Dec 15, 2015, 01:07 PM

How about if you explicitly put "nosplash" in GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT (don't forget to update-grub)?

Looking at the script /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount/plymouth, that should prevent the calls to plymouth in that script

**Snowhog** · Dec 15, 2015, 01:24 PM

Okay, putting nosplash into the line and updating grub and rebooting results in this output during boot:

/scripts/init-bottom/plymouth: line 18: /bin/plymouth: not found

So, an improvement, but not perfect. Any other suggestions?

**kubicle** · Dec 16, 2015, 02:17 AM

Originally posted by Snowhog View Post

Okay, putting nosplash into the line and updating grub and rebooting results in this output during boot:

/scripts/init-bottom/plymouth: line 18: /bin/plymouth: not found
/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash
So, an improvement, but not perfect. Any other suggestions?

That error comes from the other script (/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-bottom/plymouth) which unfortunately doesn't include a check for splash/nosplash.

A tad hackish, but you could just comment out (#) the line that calls /bin/plymouth in that script (the last line), but you probably need to update your initramfs afterwards (and you likely need to redo the edit after upgrades of the "plymouth" package).

**gnomek** · Jun 21, 2016, 01:37 AM

bug report
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...h/+bug/1578372
If you are still affected, please use 'it affects me" option on launchpad.

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