Plymouth won't show up while booting, I get messages

I'm getting messages instead of Plymouth. When I drop to the shell this is what I get:

[ 24.082115] vboxdrv: Warning: 2.6.31 Kernel detected most likely the hardware performance
[ 24.082117] vboxdrv: counter framework which can generate NMIs is active. You have to prevent
[ 24.082119] vboxdrv: the usage of hardware performance counters by
[ 24.082121] vboxdrv: echo 2 > /proc/sys/kernel/perf_counter_paranoid

What i find very weird is the 2.6.31 kernel detection.

This bug could be tied to the a GPU driver related bug that has been annoying me since I installed (via usb) Lucid on this computer. When the system boots the GDM never loads so I have to drop to the shell with ctrl+alt+F1 wait for a few seconds until the computer loads the GDM, then ctrl+alt+F7 (sometimes F8) to see the GDM, when I enter the password, drop to the shell once more and wait for the desktop to load and once again, ctrl+alt+F7 or F8. If I don't do this after selecting my name on the GDM the desktop will load partially and the cursor flashes, I get black borders around the notifications and nothing else loads. The notification that pops up says:" Could not switch monitor configuration - could not set the configuration for CRTC 64. When I recover the PC from sleep it happens and the notification pops up like crazy for minutes and the cursor flashes. This also happens when viewing videos on Totem or any other player. Viewing videos on the internet works well though.

ProblemType: Bug
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: melvin 15034 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0x94500000 irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'Intel G45 DEVCTG'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,1025029f,00100004 HDA:80862802,80860101,00100000'
   Controls : 21
   Simple ctrls : 10
CheckboxSubmission: 59f55d2b83a10fd25390cba5105d26c3
CheckboxSystem: c69722ecac764861be52925fa50b4dcc
Date: Tue Mar 16 13:34:55 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=664dea43-c245-4e9b-bb2f-8c03c106a504
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100224.1)
MachineType: Gateway EC14 Series
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-16-generic 2.6.32-16.25
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-16-generic root=UUID=010bd126-b517-434f-90e5-e7529134c2b9 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
Regression: Yes
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.32
Reproducible: Yes
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
TestedUpstream: Yes
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 08/14/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE
dmi.bios.version: v0.3115
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Base Board Product Name
dmi.board.vendor: Gateway
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDE:bvrv0.3115:bd08/14/2009:svnGateway:pnEC14Series:pvrv0.3115:rvnGateway:rnBaseBoardProductName:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct1:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: EC14 Series
dmi.product.version: v0.3115
dmi.sys.vendor: Gateway